Cell Cycle General Notes 2/3

Question 1

A membranous sac that helps remove excess water out of fresh water protists

Answer 1

Contractile Vacuole

Question 2

Short, hair-like appendages the move to push fluid

Answer 2

Cilia

Question 3

A long, whip-like cellular appendage specialized for movements

Answer 3

Flagella

Question 4

Cellular extensions of amoebic cells that is used for movement and feeding.

Answer 4

Pseudopods

Question 5

Unlike Pseudopods, other unicellular organisms use _ or _ for movement

Answer 5

Cilia or Flagella

Question 6

A light sensitive, pigmented spot that detects light response to the environment

Answer 6

Eyespot

Question 7

The movement toward or away from a stimulus

Answer 7

Taxis

Question 8

Something that causes a response

Answer 8

Stimulus

Question 9

The movement of an organism toward or away a chemical

Answer 9

Chemotaxis

Question 10

The movement of an organism toward or away a light

Answer 10

Phototaxis

Question 11

The primary cell of the nervous system. They conduct signals from one place to another

Answer 11

Neuron(s)

Question 12

The type of cell responsible for all types of movement. They have the protein fibers actin and myosin that work to allow the muscle to contract

Answer 12

Muscle Cell

Question 13

The most numerous type of cell in the blood. Contains hemoglobin, the protein molecule that transports oxygen

Answer 13

Red Blood Cell

Question 14

The male gamete cell. It has one half the DNA as regular body cells

Answer 14

Sperm

Question 15

Tissue type, made mostly of tubular cells that conduct water and nutrients up from the roots to the rest of the plant. (Not a cell type)

Answer 15

Xylem

Question 16

Tissue in vascular plants made of living cell that transports carbs throughout the cell. (Not a cell type)

Answer 16

Phloem