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Cell Structure (chapter 4) Flashcards

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What are the two molecules that make up cellular membranes?

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Lipids & Protiens

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What is the thin covering that forms the outer boundary of a cell?

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Cell Membrane

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What is the movement of substances through a membrane without the use of cell’s own energy?

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Passive Transport

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Name the two types of passive transport.

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Diffusion & Osmosis

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What is it called when molecules move from a place where there are many of them (high concentration) to a place where there are a few of them (low concentration)?

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Diffusion

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Name an example of diffusion.

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Perfume molecules leaving an open bottle and spreading throughout the room OR Sugar dissolving in a glass of water.

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What can accelerate diffusion?

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Heat, movement and pressure

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What is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane?

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Osmosis

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What is a structure in cells that stores various types of materials? They are used as containers inside the cytoplasm of some cells.

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Vacuoles

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Who was known for grinding his own lenses to view tiny organisms?

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Leeuwenhoek

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What is it called when a cell uses its own energy to move substances through a membrane?

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Active transport

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Name the three basic parts of a cell.

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Cellular boundaries, cytoplasm, genetic material

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What is the thick fluid inside the cell membrane?

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Cytoplasm

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What are parts of a cell that perform many of the functions needed to keep the cell alive? They are found inside the cytoplasm.

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Organelles

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What is the cells powerhouse?

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Mitochondria

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A series of folded membranes found in the cytoplasm of cells that allows substances to move from one part of the cell to another.

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Tiny organelles that direct the assembling of proteins.

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Ribosomes

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An organelle responsible for packing substances that are then released from the cell.

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Golgi apparatus

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What circulates in the cytoplasm and uses their enzymes as a demolition crew by digesting substances that are no longer needed.

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Lysosomes

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What is the organelle that contains substances and structures needed to carry on photosynthesis? They contain chlorophyll.

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Chloroplasts

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Some cells have tiny little hairlike structures on the outside of the cell that are extensions of the cell membrane. They are used in cellular movement. What are these called?

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Cilia

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Longer than cilia, these whiplike structures are used in cellular movement.

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Flagella

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The control center for a cell.

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Nucleus

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What is inside the nucleus that is composed of DNA and other molecules?

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Chromosomes

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Why is a compound light microscope is called compound?

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It uses two lenses

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A student views a specimen through a microscope using 10x eyepiece and a 44x objective. The image of the specimen is enlarged by how much!

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440 times

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Which of the following does not belong with the other 3: nucleus, DNA, chromosomes, cilia

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Cilia

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T/F: Cell membranes have 1 basic design, but there are many variations of that design in different types of cells.

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True

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T/F: Mitochondria have two layers of membranes and the inner membrane is folded into ridges.

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True

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T/F: Flagella are generally shorter and found in greater numbers on a cell than are cilia.

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False

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T/F: the inner membranes of chloroplasts contain chlorophyll.

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True

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A medical doctor who examines human tissues, blood and other body fluids to diagnose diseases and disorders is called a: Pathologist or a Podiatrist.

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Pathologist

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Chlorophyll is to chloroplast as DNA is to what?

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Nucleus

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Name the 2 types of passive transport.

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Diffusion & Osmosis

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