Cells Flashcards

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1
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Who studied corks and called them cells?

A

Robert Hooke

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What are the three parts of the cell theory?

A
  1. all living things are made of cells
  2. cells are the basic unit of structures and functions in living things
  3. all cells are produced from other cells
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3
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What makes a cell prokaryotic?

A

single-celled and have no nucleus

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4
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What makes a cell eukaryotic?

A

made of multiple cells and have a nucleus

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5
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what organelles would only be found in plant cells?

A

chloroplasts and cell wall

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6
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The structure that regulates what enters and leaves the cell is called what?

A

cell membrane

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7
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What is the cell membrane composed of?

A

A phospholipid bilayer

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8
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In what organelle is a cell’s ATP produced?

A

mitochondria

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9
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Where are proteins made in the cell?

A

ribosomes

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10
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Which organelle breaks down worn out cell parts?

A

lysosomes

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11
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The packaging and distribution center of the cell is the?

A

golgi body/apparatus

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12
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The organelle associated with photosynthesis is?

A

chlorplasts

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13
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Would a larger cell or a smaller cell function better based on surface area and volume ratios?

A

Smaller

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When liquid gets moved through a semipermeable membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration it is called what?

A

diffusion

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15
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What makes osmosis and diffusion different?

A

osmosis is only regarding water and solutes

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16
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A solution with a lot of particles in relation to liquid space is what?

A

a hypertonic solution

17
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A solution with a lot more liquid than particles is what?

A

a hypotonic solution

18
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A solution with balanced particles and liquid is what?

A

an isotonic solution

19
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When proteins or other particles pass through the membrane by way of a protein channel it is what?

A

facilitated diffusion

20
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Simple, osmosis, facilitated diffusion (transport not needing energy) are what?

A

forms of passive transport

21
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What are two forms of active transport?

A

Endocytosis and Exocytosis (transport requiring energy)

22
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Endocytosis and Exocytosis do what?

A

Transport molecules that are too large to move across a cell membrane through the cell membrane