Cells Flashcards

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What is the nucleus

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The nucleus is the control centre of the cell

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What are the two important types of cells

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White and red blood cells

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What is the inner core of the nucleus

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The nucleolus

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In which cell is the vacuole bigger in animal or plant

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It is much bigger in the plant cell

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What is the cell membrane

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The gatekeeper.

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What are organelle

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Organelles are tiny structures in cytoplasm

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What is the mitochondria

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The power plant of the cell

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What do ribosomes manufacture

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Protein

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What is chloropast

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A plastid in which photosynthesis takes place and produces chemical energy for the plant cell

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Is the cell wall in the plant or animal cell

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It is in the plant cell

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What are lysosomes

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They patrol and clean the cytoplasm

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What contains the genetic information of the cell

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The chromosomes

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What does the cell wall do

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It protects and supports the plant cell

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What is cytoplasm

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Fluid inside the cell that organelles and materials float around in

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What is the Golgi apparatus used for

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Storage,protein packing and shipping

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What transports and stores materials in the cell

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The endoplasmic reticulum

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what is an organism

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an organism is any living thing

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what is cell theory

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all living things are composed of one or more cells.All new cells arise only from a cell that already exists

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what is osmosis

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the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

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what is diffussion

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the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration

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what is a hypotonic solution

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it is almost pure water

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what is a hypertonic solution

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it has mostly sugar or salt molecules