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1
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What is not true about cells?

A

Animal and plants cells do not have the exact same organelles

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2
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What is a eukaryotic cell?

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Eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus

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What is a organelle?

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Organelles are tiny cellular structures that perform specific functions with a cell

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What is the function of the cell membrane?

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The cell membrane controls the movement of materials coming in and out of the cell

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5
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What is important to remember about multicellular organisms?

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different types of cells performed different functions

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6
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How are plant cells different from animal cells?

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Plant cells contain a chloroplast while animal cells do not

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7
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What is the thick water like fluid inside of the cell membrane?

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Cytoplasm

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How are animals cells different from plant cells?

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Animal cells contain lysosome and centrioles

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What is the function of the nucleus?

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Stores, DNA and coordinates the cells activities

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10
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What is the function of the nucleolus?

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It rewrites ribosomal RNA

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What is the function of a vacuole?

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Stores bubbles found in cells, stores food, and nutrients

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12
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What is the function of the Golgi apparatus?

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gather simple molecules, and combine them to make molecules that are more complex

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13
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What are two organelles that make up the Golgi apparatus

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The Golgi body and the Golgi apparatus

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What is the function of the mitochondria?

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convert energy from food into energy, the cell can use to carry out its functions

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What is the function of the ribosomes?

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Protein, builders, or protein synthesizers

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What is the function of the endoplasmic reticulum?

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Manufacturing and packaging system that works with the Golgi apparatus

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17
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What is the difference in the two different endoplasmic reticulum?

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One is smooth the other is rough and has ribosomes on

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18
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What is the function of a central?

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Found in animal cells involved with cell division and the formation of Cilia and flagella

19
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What is the function of the chloroplast?

A

Organelle that conducts photosynthesis

20
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What is the function of the amyloplast?

A

Only found in plant cells where starch is made and stored

21
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What is the function of the lysosome?

A

Membrane bound, organelle that contains digestive enzymes

22
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What is the function of the microtubules?

A

Combine to form the cytoskeleton of the cell

23
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What is a cell?

A

The basic unit of structure and function in living things

24
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What is a unicellular?

A

Made of a single cell

25
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What is a multicellular?

A

Made of many cells

26
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What is a stimulus?

A

Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in someway

27
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What is the response?

A

An action or change in behavior that occurs as a result of a stimulus

28
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What is spontaneous generation?

A

The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources

29
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What is homeostasis?

A

The condition in which an organism, internal environment is stable in spite of changes in the external environment

30
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What is cell theory?

A

A widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things

31
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What is a selective permeable?

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Some substances that can cross the membrane while others cannot

32
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What is diffusion?

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The process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

33
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What is osmosis

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The diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane

34
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What is endocytosis?

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The cell membrane takes particles into the cell by changing shape and ending the particles

35
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What is exocytosis?

A

Allows large particles to leave a cell

36
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What is the location of the nucleolus?

A

The nucleolus is in the center of the nucleus

37
Q

How does a plant cell keep its shape?

A

cell wall

38
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What causes an animal cell to not have a fixed shape?

A

Animal cells do not have a cell wall

39
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What organelle does the endoplasmic reticulum work very closely with

A

The Golgi apparatus

40
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What is a prokaryotic cell?

A

Prokaryotic cells a cell with no nucleus

41
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What is a type of single celled organism?

A

Prokaryote

42
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Which cells have a cell membrane?

A

Plants and animal cells

43
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When we think of the stimulus and the response, what is the example we use in class?

A

Stimulus bell ringing response, we pack up to leave

44
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What organisms have cells?

A

All living organisms have cells

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