Biology Part 1 Flashcards

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What is biology?

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Biology is the study of living things.

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What is a multicellular organism?

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A multicellular organism is an organism made up of many cells

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What does physiology mean?

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Physiology means functioning.

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Why are plants important to humans?

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Plants produce oxygen which is essential to humans.

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Besides oxygen, what do plants provide humans?

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Plants provide food, medicine, wood

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Even though plants can be 1cm to 100metres, what do they have in common?

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Plants all have a similar structure of cells

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Who discovered plant cells?

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Robert Hooke in 1665

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What did he name the little box like structures he saw in a cork sample?

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He named the little boxes cells

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Cells are the…

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Cells are the basic unit of life.

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What are the three main parts of cell theory?

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Cell theory 1. all living things are made of cells, 2. cell is the basic unit of structure and function in living things, 3. a cell only comes into existence by the division of a cell.

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What is a eukaryote?

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A eukaryote is an organism made up of large and complex cells

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What is a prokaryote?

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A prokaryote is a small, simple cell

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What is an example of a prokaryote?

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Bacteria is an example of a prokaryote.

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What are organelles?

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Organelles are the structures that carry out the life function of a cell.

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What is the cell wall?

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The cell wall is the rigid outermost layer of a plant cell that makes it stiff. Animal cells do not have a cell wall.

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What is the cell membrane?

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A cell membrane is the protective layer around all cells. It is made up of lipids (fats) and proteins.

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What is cytoplasm?

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Cytoplasm is a thick, aqueous (water-based) solution in which organelles are found

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What is dissolved in cytoplasm?

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Cytoplasm has nutrients, salts, minerals and enzymes dissolved in it.

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What are enzymes?

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Enzymes are molecules involved in metabolism.

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What is the nucleus?

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The nucleus is the control center of the cell.

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What is in the nucleus?

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DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid is in the nucleus.

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What is DNA

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DNA is the genetic material that directs all activities of a cell.

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Which cells do not have a nuclei?

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Eukaryotic cells have nuclei (singular of nucleus), prokaryotic cells like bacteria do not

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How is the nucleus separated from the cytoplasm?

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The nuclear membrane separates the nucleus from the cytoplasm.

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What are ribosomes?

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Ribosomes are little round structures that produce protein, they are found in the cytoplasm or attached to the endoplasmic reticulum.

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What is endoplasmic reticulum?

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Endoplasmic reticulum is a membrane system of folded sacs and tunnels that helps move protein about the cell. Like a highway.

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What is the difference between smooth endoplasmic reticulum and rough endoplasmic reticulum?

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum has ribosomes covering it.

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What is a Golgi body?

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A Golgi body is a stack of membrane-covered sacs that prepare proteins for export to the cell.

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What are mitochondrion (mitochondria)

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Mitochondrion are the power house of a cell, converting stored food (sugar and fat) into energy rich molecules (ATP Adenosine triphosphate)

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What are lysosomes?

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Lysosomes are the digestive center of a cell, breaking down worn out bits of cell etc

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What are vacuoles?

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Vacuoles are large membrane enclosed compartments that store toxic waste as well as water. Mainly found in plants.

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What are chloroplasts?

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Chloroplasts contain green pigment that traps sunlight and converts it into sugar through photosynthesis

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What makes a plant cell unique?

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A plant cell has a cell wall, like an exoskeleton.

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What makes up the cell wall?

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The cell wall is made from carbohydrate molecules, cellulose and lignin.

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What do we use cellulose for?

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Cellulose is used to make paper.

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What can cellulose be converted into?

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Cellulose can be converted into cellulosic ethanol a type of biofuel

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Cows and sheep can digest cellulose, humans cannot. What do we call food with cellulose?

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Food with cellulose help our digestion and we call it ‘fiber’

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What does lignin do in the cell wall?

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Lignin helps water molecules move from one side to the other, and fills up the spaces between cellulose in the cell wall.

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What % of a cell is its vacuole?

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A vacuole is about 30% of a plant cell, but it can swell to 80%.

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How does the vacuole support the cell walls?

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The vacuole is full of water and puts pressure on the cell walls to keep them inflated like a water balloon.

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What is the vacuole pressure called?

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Turgor pressure keeps the cell walls from collapsing inwards.

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Do human cells have chloroplasts?

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No only plant cells have chloroplasts.

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What do chloroplasts do?

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Chloroplasts harness energy of the sun and store it in chemical bonds of sugar for later use.

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What do chloroplasts contain?

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Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll a green pigment that gives leaves their colour.

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What is a prokaryote that is an ancestor of chlorophyll?

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Cyanobacteria is a bacteria capable of photosynthesis, so it may be an ancestor of the chloroplasts.

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How is red algae different?

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Red algae chloroplasts have a pigment called phycobilin (not chlorophyll) which is red rather than green.

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What do plant cells have in common with animal cells?

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Plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, organelles and cytoplasm are the same in both types of cells. Just not the cell wall.