Cells Flashcards

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1
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A small structure inside a cell, where energy is released from food

A

Mitochondrion

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A structure found inside animal cell, and plant cell, which controls the activity of the cell

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Nucleus

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A thin, flexible skin on the outside of every cell, which controls what enters and leaves the cell

A

Cell Membrane

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4
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Make things bigger then they really are

A

Magnify

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5
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The background substance that fills a cell, in which many chemical reactions happen

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Cytoplasm

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5
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One of the smallest structures that make up living organism

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Cell

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6
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The space inside a plant cell containing liquid (Sap)

A

Sap Vacuole

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One of the many structures inside some plant cell, which contain the green pigment chlorophyll; where photosynthesis takes place

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Chloroplast

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7
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The strong, stiff outer covering of plant and bacterial cells

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Cell Wall

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8
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The substance that makes up cell walls in plants

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Cellulose

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9
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Weakness

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Limitation

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10
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The green substance in plants that allows them to use energy from the sun

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Chlorophyll

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11
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A cell with tiny threads called cilia along its edge which can move in wave like motion

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Ciliated Cell

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11
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To colour something

A

Stain

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12
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A cell that carries electrical signals form one place to another

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Neurone

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12
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A cell that is found on the outside of plant roots, and is specialized to absorb water

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Root Hair Cell

12
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A cell found inside the leaf of a plant; this is where most photosynthesis happens

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Palisade Cell

13
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A colored substance; chlorophyll and haemoglobin are pigments

A

Pigment

14
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A red pigment inside red blood cells, which carries oxygen around the body

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Haemoglobin

15
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A short strand of cytoplasm on a neurone which collects electrical signals

A

Dendrite

16
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A very small cell with no nucleus that delivers oxygen to every part of the body

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Red Blood Cell

17
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Built to its job really well

A

Specialized

18
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Having features that help it function

A

Adapted

19
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Soak up

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Absorbed

20
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Sticky substance made my cells lining the tubes from the mouth to the lungs. Mucus traps dust and bacteria

A

Mucus

21
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The job that something does or the role it plays

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Function

22
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The smallest type of blood vessel, which delivers blood close to every cell in the body

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Capillary

23
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Tiny hair-like structures that extend from the surface of some cells

A

Cilia

24
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A very long strand of cytoplasm along which electrical signals travels

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Axon

25
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A living thing

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Organism

25
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A group of similar cells that work together that work together for a particular function

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Tissue

26
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A set of organs that all work together to carry out the same function

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Organ System

27
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A structure that is made up of many different tissues, which work together to perform a particular function

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Organ

27
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The tissue made up of many palisade cells arranged side by side in a leaf

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Palisade Layer

27
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A tissue made up of cells with no chloroplasts, which covers the top surface of the leaf

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Upper Epidermis

28
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The tissue on the surface of the layers of an onion bulb

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Onion Epidermis

29
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The tissue made up of many rounded cells containing chloroplasts, found beneath the palisade layer inside a leaf

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Spongy Layer

30
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The tissue that covers the lower surface of the leaves

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Lower Epidermis

31
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Tissue that lines the tubes leading down to the lungs

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Ciliated Epithelium