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Cell Biology Flashcards

1
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What is a cell?

A

The smallest structure and functional unit of an organism

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2
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A unicellular organism who lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles is called?

A

Prokaryote

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3
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What houses DNA and regulates cell activities

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The Nucleus

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4
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A unicellular or multicellular organism whose cell(s) have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles is called a __________.

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Eukaryote

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5
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What digests damaged ribosomes and breaks down macromolecules

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Lysosome

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6
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What creates cellular energy by breaking down and storing ATP

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Mitochondria

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7
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What organelle sorts, packages, and ships molecules in vesicles

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Golgi body also known as “ the post office”

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8
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What creates glucose through photosynthesis?

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Chloroplast

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9
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What provides structural support , rigidity, and protects the plant cell from the external environment?

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The cell wall

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10
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What organelle makes proteins

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Ribosome

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11
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What organelle digests long chain fatty acids using oxidative enzymes

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Peroxisome

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12
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What organelle has a site where a polypeptide is modified and transported.

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Rough Endoplasimic reticulum (ER)

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13
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What organelle makes lipids

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Smooth Endoplasmic reticulum

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14
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What organelle gets rid of damaged proteins

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Proteosome

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15
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What organelle enables movement

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Flagella

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16
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What organelle regulates the transport of materials entering and exiting the cell

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Cell membrane

17
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What organelle is gell - like fluid in a cell, supports & suspends organelles & cellular molecules

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Cytoplasm

18
Q

What organelle helps transport materials that an organism needs to survive and recycle waste materials

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Vesicles

19
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What organelle produces and assembles the cell’s ribosomes

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Nucleolus

20
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What organelle plays a role in organizing microtubules that serves as the cell’s skeletal system. Also, help determine the locations of the nucleus and other organelles within the cell.

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Centrioles

21
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What organelle helps cells maintain their shape and internal organization. Also provides mechanical support that enables cells to carry out essential functions like division and movement.

A

Cytoskeleton

22
Q

What organelle helps maintain water balance in plant cells. Help sequencer waste products in animal cells.

A

Vacuoles

23
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What organelle is short hair-like structures on the surface of prokaryotic cells. Have a role in movement.

A

Pilius

24
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What organelle move water relative to the cell in a regular movement of the cilio.

A

Cila

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