Cells Flashcards

1
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Cells are composed of tiny structures that carry out all of the functions of MRS GREEN. These structures are called?

A

Organelles

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2
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Substances enter into a plant cell by passing through what structures

A

cell wall

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3
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Substances enter into an animal cell by passing through what structure

A

cell membrane

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4
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What surrounds the cells of plants, fungi, and some bacteria that helps to hold the shape?

A

cell wall

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5
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What cell part is the clear fluid in which the organelles float?

A

cytoplasm

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6
Q

What organelle directs and controls the cell’s activities?

A

Nucleus

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7
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What part contains the x-shaped chromosones

A

inside the nucleus

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8
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What organelle is found in both plant and animal cells, and helps make energy for the cell by breaking down food and releasing energy during cellular respiration?

A

mitochondria

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9
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What is the organelle found in plants that performs photosynthesis?

A

cloroplast

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10
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Which organelle is responsible when a plant looks wilted?

A

Vacole

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11
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What is the function of vacuoles for the cell?

A

Holds water, food, and waste

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12
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what do lysosomes do for the cell

A

breaks down old cell parts

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13
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List 3 organelles that plant cells have that animal cells don’t

A

a cell wall, chloroplasts and a large central vacuole

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14
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What is the difference between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells?

A

Prokaryotic cells are unicellular and eukaryotic cells are multicellular

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15
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Describe the shapes of animal cells vs plant cells:

A

plant cell: geometric Animal: round

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16
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What cell types have cell walls

A

plants, bacteria, fungi

17
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What types of cells have a nucleus

A

plants, animals, protists, fungi

18
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What are unicellular organisms, made of simple cells without nucleus’ and other organelles and are found all over Earth?

19
Q

How are archaebacteria different from bacteria (Eubacteria)?

A

archaebacteria only live in extreme enviroments

20
Q

Fossilized mats of archaebacteria that made earth’s oxygen-rich atmosphere and ozone layer are called?

A

Stromatolites

21
Q

What is the name for single-celled organisms, with nucleus’, that live in pond water?

22
Q

What part allows the paramecium to move?

A

little hairs/ cilia

23
Q

What part allows euglena to move and make food?

A

flagellum- whip like a tail

24
Q

How does an amoeba move and eat?

A

pseudopod - false feet

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What organism has a cell wall, breaks down and absorbs nutrients from other organisms, and reproduces by releasing spores?
fungi
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What organisms are multicellular
Plants, animals, fungi
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How do plant cells differ from animal cells (3 reasons)
Shape= Plants are rectangular in shape, animals are round in shape, Color= Plants usually have chloroplasts that make them green, Vacuoles= Plants have a big vacuole for water in the middle, and animals have lots.