Cell theory Flashcards

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Name number one of the cell theory!

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All organisms are made of one or more cells

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Name number two of the cell theory!

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The cell is the basic unit of all living things

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Name number three of the cell theory!

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All cells come from existing cells

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4
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What’s in the plant cell that’s not in the animal cell?

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Chloroplast

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5
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What’s the easiest to see cell

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Chicken egg

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What are prokaryotes

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A single-celled organism that does not have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles

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7
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What does diffusion mean?

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The movement of particles

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osmosis

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The diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane

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Passive Transport

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The movement of substance across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell

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active transport

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the movement of substance across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy

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endocytosis

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the precess by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into the cell

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exocytosis

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the process in which a cell releases a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle that then moves to the cell surface and fuses with the cell membrane

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photosynthesis

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the process by which plants, algae, and sone bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food.

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cellular respiration

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the process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

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15
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fermentation

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the breakdown of food without the use of oxygen

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16
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cell cycle

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the life cycle of a cell

17
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chromosome

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in a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein; in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA

18
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Homologous chromosomes

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chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structures

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mitosis

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in eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes

20
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cytokinesis

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the division of the cytoplasm of a cell