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Bio Unit 2 Flashcards

1
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The cytoplasm is found between the…

A

Cell membrane and nucleus

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2
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The fluid of the cytoplasm is called the…

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Cytosol

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3
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Cytoplasm

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Plants

Animals

Bacteria

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4
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The nucleus has a membrane called the…

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Nuclear envelope

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5
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It has holes called…

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Nuclear pores

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6
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Which let certain substances in and out. What does the nucleus store?

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DNA

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7
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What is made in the nucleus which is let out?

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RNA and ribosomes

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8
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Nucleus

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Plants, Animals

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9
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Where are ribosomes made?

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Nucleolus, part of the nucleus

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10
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What do ribosomes make?

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Proteins

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11
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What are the “instructions” that ribosomes follow?

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RNA

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12
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Where (two places) are ribosomes found?

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Cytoplasm, Rough ER

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13
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Ribosomes

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Plants, Animals, Bacteria

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14
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What makes the rough ER “rough?”

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Ribosomes

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15
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What does the smooth ER do?

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Makes lipids, detoxifies chemicals, stores ions

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16
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

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Plants, Animals

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17
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What does the Golgi apparatus do?

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Sorts and packs

18
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Golgi apparatus

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Plants, Animals

19
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Vesicles

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Plants, Animals

20
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What are vesicles?

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Small blobs of membrane which carry substances

21
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Lysosomes

22
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What do lysosomes do?

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Digest food, recycle damaged organelles

23
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What do lysosomal enzymes need to function?

24
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Endomembrane system

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Nucleus, ER, Golgi, Vesicles, Lysosomes

25
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What is the general function of the endomembrane system?

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Make and transport proteins

26
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Mitochondria

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Plants, Animals

27
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What is the function of the mitochondria/what do they do?

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Make energy using cell respiration

28
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What characteristics of the mitochondria help us understand that they used to be free-living organisms?

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Have own DNA, ribosomes, have two membranes

29
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Chloroplast

30
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What is the function of the chloroplast?

A

Photosynthesis

31
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What makes chloroplasts green?

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Chlorophyll

32
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Central vacuole

33
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What does the central vacuole store?

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Water, toxins, pigments, wastes

34
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Cytoskeleton

A

Plants, Animals, Bacteria

35
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What does the cytoskeleton do?

A

Supports shape of cell, helps it move

36
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Centrioles

37
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What do centrioles do?

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Help organize cell division

38
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Cilia/flagella

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Animals, Bacteria

39
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What do cilia and flagella do?

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Help cell move

40
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What is the major difference between cilia and flagella?

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Many small cilia, usually one or a few large flagella

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