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Cells as the Basic Unit Flashcards

1
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What type of system is the human body?

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Complex system

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2
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Define system

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Collection of parts that function together to keep alive

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3
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What is the smallest part of the body?

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Single cell

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4
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What are all living things made of?

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Cells

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5
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What type of organisms are humans?

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Multicellular organisms because they are made of many cells

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6
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What are unicellular organisms?

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Spend their whole life as single cells

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7
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Are plant and animal cells the same?

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Different

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8
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How can individual cells be seen?

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Individual cells are so small, that they can in be seen under a microscope. One can view their structure

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9
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Define cell

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Smallest unit of all living organisms

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10
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Why are cells functional?

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Performs functions that are necessary for life

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11
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What is it called when cells can only be seen under a microscope?

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Microscopic

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12
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If cells have a similar structure, what else do they have in common?

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Similar functions

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13
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Define microscopic

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Something that is so small that it can only be seen when using a microscope

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14
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Define organelle

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Structure within a cell that performs the functions of a cell

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15
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What does the cell membrane form?

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Outer boundary of cell that surrounds the content of the cell

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16
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How is the cell membrane sustainable?

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Selectively permeable

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17
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Define selectively permeable

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Allows substances to enter and leave. Only certain substances

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18
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List the functions of the cell membrane

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• Controls entry + edit of substances
• Blood carries to cell (cellular respiration)
• Allow glucose + oxygen to enter
• Waste substances to exit

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19
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Define DNA

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The material found in souse that carries the hereditary information

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20
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Where does the DNA occur?

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in the cytoplasm (chromatin network)

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21
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Where is the DNA contained in?

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In plant and animal cells the DNA is contained in the nucleus

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22
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What is the nucleus?

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A round organelle surrounded by a nuclear membrane

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23
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What is another word for DNA?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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24
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What does the DNA determine?

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Inherited characteristics

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25
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Does everyone have the same DNA?

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Everyone’s DNA is unique and different from each others

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26
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What type of DNA do children inherit?

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A mixture of their parents

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27
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Why should there be a mixture of DNA inherited from the parents?

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The process insures people look different and accounts for variation within single species

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28
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Define the function of the nucleus

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  • Controls all activities of the cell
  • Transmits hereditary information
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29
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Define cytoplasm

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Jelly like substance. Water and a complex collection of structures and materials dissolved or suspended in it

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30
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What does the cytoplasm provide?

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Liquid medium where chemical reactions take place in the cell

31
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Where are the organelles found?

32
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What are the organelles surrounded by?

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A membrane that separates it from the cytoplasm

33
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Give examples of organelles

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Mitochondria, vacuole and chloroplasts

34
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What is the mitochondria?

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Powerhouse of the cell. Animal and plant cells.

35
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What occur in the mitochondria?

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Respiration, metabolic reaction releases energy on glucose

36
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What are vacuoles?

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Fluid filled sacs that are surrounded by a membrane

37
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What do vacuoles do?

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Store substances used by the cell

38
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How many vacuoles do animal cells have?

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Small vacuoles or no vacuoles

39
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How many vacuoles do plant cells have?

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One or two large vacuoles which stores substances such as sugars, salts and water

40
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What are chloroplasts?

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Found in plant cells. Used for photosynthesis

41
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What is the difference between plant and animals cells, when it comes to the cell wall?

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Plant cells have a cell wall that surrounds the outside of a cell. Made of cellulose (rigid material). Used to support and protection. Animal cells are supported and protected by the skeleton

42
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What is the difference between plant and animals cells, when it comes to the chloroplasts?

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Plant cells have chloroplasts (special organelle). The chlorophyll absorbs light energy from the sun and converts energy-rich sugars

43
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Define chlorophyll

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Green pigment found in chloroplasts that gives plants their green colour

44
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Define photosynthesis

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Process by which plants use chlorophyll to convert radiant energy into sugars

45
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Word equation for photosynthesis

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carbon dioxide + water –> glucose + oxygen

46
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Chemical equation for photosynthesis

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CO2 + H20 = C6H1206 + O2

47
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How are sugars stored?

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Stored as starch. Energy for plant

48
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Why are animals unable to make their own food?

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No chloroplasts

49
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Where are chloroplasts found?

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found in cytoplasm - plant cells

50
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What shape are chloroplasts?

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Oval shape

51
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What are chloroplasts surrounded by?

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double membrane that contains chlorophyll

52
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What is function of chloroplasts?

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Absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis.
Site of photosynthesis

53
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Why does the chloroplasts have structural sustainability?

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Contains chlorophyll to track sunlight

54
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What is the difference between plant and animals cells, when it comes to the vacuoles?

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Plant cells have one or two large vacuoles. Animal cells have non, if very small

55
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Our old life processes carried out by?

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Single cell

56
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Define macroscopic organism

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Large enough to be seen with the naked eye

57
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Why is it impossible for every so to carry out all life processes needed?

A

Large complex organism alive

58
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Define specialise

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To take on a Particula function

59
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What do a group of cells have in common?

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Have the same shape and structure

60
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What forms a tissue?

A

A group of cells performing specific functions

61
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Define tissue

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A group of cells that have the same structure and perform the same function

62
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Define organ

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Group of different tissues that perform a single function

63
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Define system

A

Group of different organs that perform bodily functions for organism

64
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Define system

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Group of different organs that perform bodily functions for organism

65
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What work together to keep the organism alive?

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There is a number of different systems that work together to keep the organism alive

66
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How many systems are there?

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Seven systems

67
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Name all of the systems

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Digestive, circulatory commerce battery, excretory, musculoskeletal, nervous, reproductive

68
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Define epithelial cells

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Sounds that cover the organs and internal surface of the body

69
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Define cells

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All living organisms are made up of cells

70
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Define tissues

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Group of cells that have the same structure and perform the same structure

71
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Define organs

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Group of different tissues that perform a single function

72
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Define system

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Group of different organs that performs bodily functions for organisms

73
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Define organism

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Number of different systems that work together to keep the organism alive

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