Cells Flashcards

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Central Vacuole

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Stores water and may contain many substances, including ions, nutrients and waste

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Mitochondria

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An organelle that gets energy from organic compounds to make ATP the main energy of a cell.

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Flagella

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Long thread like structures that protrude from the cells surface and enable movement.

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Resolution

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Measure of clarity of an image , details of extremly small object

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Cell Wall

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Surrounding the cell membrane that provides STRUCTURE and SUPPORT. “ A plant stands tall bc it has a cell wall”

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Cell membrane

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encloses the cell and SEPERATES the cells interior

controls what ENTERS and LEAVES a cell

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Cytoskeleton

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Within the cytoplasm are the suspended in a system of microscopic fibers

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Magnification

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The quality of making an image appear 200 LARGER

than the objects size

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Organelle

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A structure that carries out a specific activity in the cell

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Nucleus

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An INTERNAL compartment that houses the cells DNA

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Cilia

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Short hairlike structures, Example- cilia on the lungs help sweep away mucus

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Light microscope

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light passes through one or more lenses to produce an enlarged image

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Phospolipid

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Is a lipid made of a phosphate group and 2 fatty acids

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Chromosomes

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When the cell is about to divide, however the DNA strands wind up into a more compact form and appear a ROD SHAPED structure.

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Ribosomes

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Cellular structures on which proteins are made
regulates cell activities
has RNA, enables cells to reproduce `

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Golgi Apparatus

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Set of flattend membrane bound sacs that serve as the packaging and distribution center of the cell.

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Vesicle

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Small membrane bound sac that transports substances in the cell.

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lipid bilayer

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phospholipid arranged in a double layer

POLAR
NON POLAR
POLAR

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Chloroplast

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organelles that use light energy to make carbohydrates

from carbon dioxide and water

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lysosomes

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Small spherical organelles that contain the cells digestive enzymes.
Golgi apparatus works with lysomes works with ER

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Prokaryote

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Smallest and simplest cells

lacks a nucleus and other internal compartments

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Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

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extensive system of internal membrane that move proteins and other substances through the cell.

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Nuclear envelope

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made up of 2 lipids bilayers that seperate the NUCLEUS from the CYTOPLASM.

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Cell Theory

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ABC
ALL living things are made of cells
BASIC units of structure and function in organism
CELLS rise from exsisting cells