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Cells Flashcards

1
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What is in a prokaryotes

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Nucleoid, small and simple

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What is in a euckaryotes

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Nucleus, complex

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What is in both prokaryotes cells and euckaryotes

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Cytoplasm, DNA, cell, membrane, cytoskeleton, ribosome

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4
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What is in a plant cell

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Large central vacuole, nucleus off to side, cell wall, chloroplast

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5
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What is in a animal cell

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Many small vacuoles, centrioles, large nucleus in the center

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6
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What is in both plant and animal cells

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Mitochondria, cytoplasm, Golgi apparatus, ribosomes, cell membrane

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7
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3 similarities between prokaryotic and euckaryotic cells

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DNA, ribosomes, plasma membrane

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3 differences between prokaryotic and euckaryotic cells

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Nucleus, organelles, size- euckaryotic are larger

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9
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Regulates what enters and leaves the cell; acts as a barrier- surrounds the cell- all three cells

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Cell membrane

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10
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Organelles are suspended in this fluid-like substance; helps organelles move and grow - background of cell- all three

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Cytoplasm

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11
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Controls the cell’s daily functions- cytoplasm - euckaryotic

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Nucleus

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12
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Contains genetic information- nucleus

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Chromosomes

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13
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Produces ribosomes- nucleus

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Nucleolus

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14
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Protects the nucleus; contains nuclear pores- surrounds the nucleus

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Nuclear membrane

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15
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Acts as a roadway in which substances can travel
throughout the cell - cytoplasm of the cell- by the nucleus- plant and animal

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ER

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16
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Proteins are made on the ribosomes - cytoplasm of the cell sometimes attached to the ER

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Ribosomes

17
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Contain powerful digestive enzymes to break
down old or foreign cell parts- cytoplasm

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Lysosomes

18
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Packages and delivers proteins to parts of the cell - cytoplasm

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Golgi apparatus

19
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Organelle where cellular respiration occurs; makes
ATP (cellular energy) - cytoplasm

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Mitochondria

20
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Stores waste; in plant cells stores water- cytoplasm

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Vacuole

21
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Aids in cell division
Cell- Throughout the
cytoplasm of the- only animals have them

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Centriole

22
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Protects cell; maintains cell shape; maintains
homeostasis- outside cell membrane in plant/ bacteria cells

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Cell wall

23
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vests energy from the sun to produce glucose-Plant cells (or other
photosynthetic cells) - just plants

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Chloroplast

24
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Discovered a cell

A

Robert Hooke

25
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Discovered that living plants and made up of cells

A

Matthias Schleiden

26
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Discovered that animals are made up of cells

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Theodor Schwann

27
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What two people discovered that cells are the basic unit of life

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Schleiden, Schwann

28
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All cell come from other living things

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Rudolf Virchow

29
Q

Told Robert Hooke that he saw moving things from his teeth shaving

A

Aton Van Leeuwenhoek

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