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Biology Cell structure Flashcards

1
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Basic unit of life

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Cells

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2
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Tissues working together

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Organs

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2
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Group of cells working together to perform a common function

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Tissue

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3
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Group of organs working together

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Organ system

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3
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Entire living being

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Organism

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4
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What allows people to see things at a microscopic level

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light microscope

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5
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3 parts of cell theory

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1)Living things are composed of one or more cells
2)Cells are the basic unit of living things
3)New cells come from pre-existing cellls

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6
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Simpler and smaller cells

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Prokaryotic

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7
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Cells without a nucleus

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Prokaryotic

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8
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Cells without membrane bound organelles

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Prokaryotic

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9
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Bacteria, and Archea

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Prokaryotic cells

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10
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Larger and more complex cells

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Eukaryotic

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11
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Cells that have membrane bound organelles

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Eukaryotic

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12
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Cells with a nucleus

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Eukaryotic

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13
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Cell wall

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Provides support
-not in animal cells

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14
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Cell membrane

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Controls what enters and exits the cell

15
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Cytoplasm

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Fluid inside the cell

16
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Nucleus

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Contains DNA

17
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Nucleolus

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Makes ribosomes

18
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Ribosomes

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Makes proteins

19
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Mitocondria

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Performs cell respiration(Breaks down sugar to make ATP-usable energy for the cell)

20
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ER

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Transports materials through the cell

21
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Which ER has ribosomes?

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Rough ER

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Lysosome

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Breaks down waste

23
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Vacuole

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Stores food,water, or waste

24
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Chloroplast

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Performs photosynthesis in plants

25
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Cytoskeleton

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Maintain cells homeostasis

26
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Flagella

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Long whip-like tail that moves cell through surroundings

26
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Cilla

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Hair like projections that draw materials into the cell
-prokaryotic cells only

27
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Golgi body

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Packages materials to be exported from the cell

28
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Pseudopodia

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Temporary extension of cytoplasm that allows the cell to drag itself in one direction

29
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Are animals cells prokaryotic or eukaryotic

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Eukaryotic

29
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Are plant cells prokaryotic or eukaryotic

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Eukaryotic

30
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Organelles only plants have

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-cell wall
-chloroplasts
-one central vacuole
-fixed shape

31
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Organelles only animal cells have

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-many small vacuoles
-irregular shape
-no cells wall
-centrosomes
-lysosomes

32
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What are the first cells called?

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Stem calls

33
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What process makes stem cells have different functions?

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Cell differentiation

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