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Cells Tissues and Organs Flashcards

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Light microscopes can magnify things by how much?

A

several hundreds of times

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Electron microscopes can magnify things by how much

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Hundred thousand times

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What is the function of the nucleus

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Controls all activities of the cell

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What do the Nucleus contain?

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chromosomes and instructions for making new cells

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What is the function of cytoplasm?

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most chemical reactions needed for life happen in the cytoplasm

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What is the function of the cell membrane?

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Controls the passage of substances in and out of the cell

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What is the function of the mitochondria

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“the power house of the cell” where oxygen is used and most of the cells energy is released during respiration.

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What is the function of the ribosomes?

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Protein synthesis takes place in the ribosomes

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What do both animal and plant cells have?

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cell membrane, ribosomes, mitochondria, cytoplasm, Nucleus.

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What do plant cells have that animal cells do not?

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Chloroplasts, permanent vacuole, cellulose cell wall.

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What is the function of the cell wall?

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Strengthens the cell and gives it support

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What is the function of the chloroplast?

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Contains the green substance known as chlorophyll

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Where can we find chloroplast?

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in the green parts of plants

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What is the function of chlorophyll?

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to adsorb light energy to make food by photosynthesis

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What is the function of the permanent vacuole

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contains cell sap, supports the cell and makes it more rigid.

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When you culture bacteria on an agar plate you grow many millions of bacteria which can then be what?

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visible with the human eye.

17
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what is the function of the genetic material?

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it stores DNA in a long circular string like form (it’s loose in the cell)

18
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what is the function of the plasmids?

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they carry extra DNA, usually found in small circular bits.

19
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what properties do bacteria cells have that animal cells don’t

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Flagella, slime capsule, genetic material, plasmids, cell wall.

20
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describe how yeast reproduces

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asexual budding (cell grows out from original cell and forms a seperate cell)

21
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what waste products does yeast make during anaerobic respiration?

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ethanol and carbon monoxide.

22
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what do we call the anaerobic respiration from yeast?

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fermentation.

23
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many cells in many organisms are what?

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specialised cells

24
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name the properties of fat cells

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Nucleus, small volume of cytoplasm, few mitochondria, large fat store, cell membrane.

25
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list the properties of sperm cells

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large Nucleus, lots of mitochondria (located in the middle section, acrosome (containing digestive enzymes)

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