Cells and human body Flashcards

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What is the job of the lungs?

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They help you breathe

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What is Mrs Nerg?

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Movement 
Reproduction
Sensitivity 
Nutrition
Excretion
Respiration
Growth
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What does the brain do?

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The brain controls the body

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What does the liver help you with?

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The liver makes and destroys substances.

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What does the heart do?

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Pumps blood

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What are the intestines for?

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To digest and absorb water and food.

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What is the stomach’s job?

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Stores and breaks up food.

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What are organelles?

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Parts of a cell

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Cell membrane:

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Controls what goes in and out of the cell

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Nucleus:

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Controls what the cell does

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Cytoplasm:

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Were the cells activity happens

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Mitochondria:

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Where a plant gets energy from its food

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Vacuole:

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Storage space in plant cells

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Cell wall:

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To support the cell (structure)

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Chloroplasts:

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Contain the green pigment chlorophyll were the plant makes food using photosynthesis

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Root hair cells have

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A large surface area to allow more water and minerals to be absorbed from the soil.

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Red blood cells

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No nucleus allowing more volume to carry oxygen from the lungs to the cells.

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What is a tissue and what it is made of ?

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A tissue is a group of cells working together

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What are organs made of?

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Organs are made of tissues.

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How are some animal cells adapted to their function?

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A ciliated epithelial cell has strands at the top that wave above to move things.
A muscle cell is able to change length.

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What is cell division?

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When one cell splits to make two new cells.

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Recall the names of organs in the digestive, breathing and circulatory systems.

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Digestive:
oesophagus or gullet,stomach,small intestine,large intestine.
Breathing:
lungs,tubes leading from the lungs to the mouth and nose,various structures in the chest that allow air to move in and out of the lungs.
Circulatory:
The Heart.
The Blood.
The Blood Vessels.