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Cell Structure and Function Flashcards

1
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What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things?

A

Cell

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2
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What are the two types of cells?

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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic

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Which cell type lacks a nucleus and no membranes around internal parts?

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Prokaryotic

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4
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Which cell type has a nucleus and membranes around internal parts?

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Eukaryotic

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5
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What is the smallest human cell overall and which one for females?

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Sperm and red blood cells

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6
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What is the largest human cell overall and for males?

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Eggs and fat cells

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7
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Are some cells visible? What are two examples?

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Yes, egg yolks and frog eggs

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8
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Humans have approximately 60 trillion cells. True or false?

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True

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9
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Inclusions, cytosol, membranes, and organelles are the four major parts of what?

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Cells

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10
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The cytosol and organelles outside the nucleus are held in what?

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Cytoplasm

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11
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Germs, glycogen, mucus, and pigments such as melanin are what major part of the cells?

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Inclusions

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12
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The water-based “juice” in the cell composed of waters, carbs, lipids, pieces of DNA, pieces of proteins, vitamins, minerals, and wastes is what major part of the cell?

A

Cytosol

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13
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The cell membrane is made out of what two things?

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Protein and phospholipids

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14
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Which type of cells have membranes around organelles?

A

Eukaryotic cells

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14
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Is the tail or head of the phospholipid hydrophilic?

A

Heads

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14
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What major part of the cell is tiny components that allow the cell to work?

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Organelles

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15
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What is the largest organelle that also contains most of the cell’s DNA?

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Nucleus

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16
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Housing the nucleolus and protecting genetic material is the job of what organelle?

A

Nucleus

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17
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What organelle is located inside the nucleus and is made of DNA, RNA, and proteins?

A

Nucleolus

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17
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Making ribosomes is the job of what organelle?

A

Nucleolus

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18
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What organelle is made of DNA, RNA, and protein and has no membrane?

A

Ribosome

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19
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The place where proteins are made is the job of what organelle?

20
Q

The transport and storage of materials that are interconnected tubes continuous with the nuclear membrane are what two structures?

A

The endoplasmic reticulum

21
Q

Part of protein making is the job of what organelle?

22
Q

Manufacturing lipids and detoxifying is the job of what organelle?

23
Q

Stacks of flattened sacs that also make secretory vesicles and lysosomes is what organelle?

24
Q

Storage and packaging center is the job of what organelle?

25
Q

What is the small fluid-filled body produced by the golgi?

A

Secretory vesicles

26
Q

The organelle that transports proteins is what?

A

Secretory vesicles

27
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What organelle digests all sorts of molecules/structures using enzymes such as foreign bodies, other parts of the cell, or the entire cell?

27
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What organelle has a simple spherical membrane where digestive enzymes are found inside?

28
Q

Lysosome enzymes are made by the proteins from what organelle?

A

Endoplasmic reticulum

29
Q

What part of the lysosomes are enclosed within vesicles by the Golgi apparatus?

29
Q

What organelle has its own DNA?

30
Q

Releasing energy from food, or cellular respiration, is the job of what organelle?

A

Mitochondrion

31
Q

100s of little hair-like “fingers” that move in an undulating fashion are what organelle?

31
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Moving things around, such as eggs, clearing junk from lungs, and some microorganisms, is the job of what organelle?

32
Q

What organelle has longer but fewer than cilia that moves in a cork-screw fashion?

33
Q

Locomotion for some cells such as bacteria or sperm is the job of what organelle?

34
Q

What organelle produces structures made of tubes like cilia, flagella, more of itself, and tubes needed in cell division?

A

Centrioles

35
Q

What organelle is typically in pairs near the nucleus but has no membrane?

A

Centrioles

36
Q

What organelle is only found in photosynthetic eukaryotic cells that has its own DNA?

A

Chloroplasts

37
Q

Capturing and converting energy to be released by mitochondria is the job of what organelle?

A

Chloroplasts

38
Q

The chloroplast has how many membranes?

A

Two: Inner and outer

39
Q

The aqueous place inside the chloroplasts is called what?

40
Q

What are internal folds found within the stroma?

A

Thylakoids

41
Q

Stacks of thylakoids are called what?

A

Granum (Grana)

42
Q

Chlorophyll is found in the membrane of the what?

43
Q

The vacuole is had by what and some what?

A

Plants and some protists

44
Q

What organelle is bound by a single membrane and keeps the cell from collapsing on itself?

45
Q

A cell wall is had by some what and what?

A

Plants and some algae

46
Q

Controlling the amount of water in the cell is the job of what organelle?

47
Q

The cell wall is made by what?

A

Carbohydrates (cellulose)

48
Q

Supporting and protecting the cell and giving stiffness to the plant cell is the job of what organelle?

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