Cells and the functions Flashcards

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Mitochondria

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Double membraned organelle that breaks down glucose and turns it into energy.

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Lysosome

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Vesicles with enzymes that break down waste and bacteria

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Plasma/cell Membrane

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Protective outside layer of a cell that lets some things in and keeps other things out

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Golgi apparatus

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made of flat vesicles that package things to leave the cell

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Cytoplasm

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the watery shit that the organelles float around in

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Nucleus

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contains all our genetic information on 23 pairs of chromosomes making up our DNA, CONTROLS THE CELL

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Ribosomes

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little grains floating around the cell and around the rough endoplasmic reticulum. does protein synthesis

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Nuclear membrane

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surround the nucleus and controls what goes in and out

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vacuole

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membrane sacs for storage

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10
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rough endoplasmic reticulum

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contains ribosomes and makes proteins

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11
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bacteria doubles in how long?

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take 20 minutes to double themselves

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Chloroplasts

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are found in plant cells and make food from light

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fungi differences between plant cells

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have chitin as a cell wall
are consumers not producers

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Prokaryotes, where is the dna stored?
multicellular or unicellular?

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are always unicellular, dna is stored in cytoplasm

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Eukaryotes, where is the dna stored
multicellular or unicellular?

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are often multicellular, dna is in the nucleus

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16
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difference between plant and animal cells

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Have a cell WALL, chloroplasts, and large central vacoule

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smooth Endoplasmic reticulum

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no ribosomes, makes lipids (fats) and carbohydrates