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Cell Organelles Flashcards

1
Q

Name 2 organelles that eukaryotic cells have and prokaryotic cells don’t have.

A

mitochondria, lysosomes

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2
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Name 2 organelles that plant cells have and that animal cells don’t have.

A

cell wall, chloroplasts

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3
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Name 2 things that can be found within the nucleus.

A

chromatin and nucleolus

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4
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What separates the nucleus from the cytoplasm?

A

Nuclear membrane

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5
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What does the nuclear membrane have that allows mRNA to pass from the nucleus to the cytoplasm?

A

pores

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6
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What is the nuclear membrane made out of?

A

phospholipid bilayers

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7
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What does the nucleolus make?

A

Ribosomes

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8
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Where are ribosomes found and What are ribosomes made out of

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Ribosomes are made of Rna and protein and are found in the cytoplasm

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9
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What do ribosomes do?

A

Make proteins

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10
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What types of cells have ribosomes?

A

prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

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11
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What does the rough endoplasmic reticulum have all over it?

A

ribosomes

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12
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What does rough endoplasmic reticulum do with proteins once it makes them?

A

moves them to where they are needed

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13
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What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum often next to in the cell?

A

nucleus

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14
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What is made by smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

A

produce proteins

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15
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What type of cells have rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

A

Animal and plant cells

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16
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When vesicles come off the rough endoplasmic reticulum, which organelle do they usually visit next

A

Golgi apparatus

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17
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Describe the structure of the Golgi apparatus

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pancakes

18
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What does the Golgi apparatus put onto the surface of protein-filled vesicles

A

Lipids

19
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What makes up the sides of a vacuole?

A

thylakoid membrane?

20
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What is the function of a vacuole?

A

store food, waste and water

21
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What are some of the things that cells hold inside their vacuoles?

A

water or food

22
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What is inside of a lysosome?

A

Enzymes

23
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What does a lysosome do?

A

rid of waste products

24
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What type of cells have lysosomes?

A

Animal cells

25
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What is the function of chloroplasts?

A

Produce energy with photosynthesis

26
Q

Name a eukaryote that doesn’t have chloroplasts

A

Fungi?

27
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Why do chloroplasts have all those flat disks in them?

A

to absorb sunlight for protein synthesis?

28
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What is the chemical in chloroplasts that can actually trap and use light energy?

A

chlorophyll

29
Q

What is the overall function of mitochondria? You

A

Make energy

30
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Why do mitochondria have those inner folds called cristae?

A

Make energy

31
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What type of cells have mitochondria?

A

Animal and plant cells

32
Q

What are the 2 main proteins that a cytoskeleton is made of?

A

Microtubules and filaments

33
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What is the function of a cytoskeleton?

A

maintain their shape and internal organization

34
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Describe the structure of a cytoskeleton

A

microtubules,
Filaments

35
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What do cells typically have more of… cilia or flagella?

A

Cilia

36
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Which are typically longer… cilia or flagella?

A

Flagella

37
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What is the function of cilia and flagella?

A

Move cells

38
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What are cilia and flagella made out of?

A

proteins and microtubules

39
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What types of organisms have cell walls

A

bacteria, fungi, algae, and higher plants

40
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What is the function of a cell wall?

A

support, shape, and protect the cell

41
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What is the cell wall made of?

A

cellulose microfibrils

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