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Chapter 1- Cells: The Basic Units Of Life Flashcards

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Who was the first person to discover cells?

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Robert Hooke

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The smallest unit that can perform all processes necessary for life.

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Cell

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What does cells mean in Latin?

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Little rooms

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Living cells

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The juicy cells were living cells.

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What kinds of cells have cell walls?

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Plant and fungi cells

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What kinds of cells do not have cell walls?

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Animal cells

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Problems for Hooke because of lack of animal cell walls…

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He thought animals weren’t made of cells because he couldn’t see the outline of the cell wall.

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Scientist that discovered small organisms in pond scum, the differences in different animals’ blood cells, bacteria, and that yeast is a single cell organism.

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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What are the types of cells that Leeuwenhoek discovered?

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Euglena, Blood, Yeast, Bacteria

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Who wrote the first two parts of the cell theory?

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Theodor Schwann

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Who wrote the final part of the cell theory: “All cells come from existing cells”

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Dr. Rudolf Virchow

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The cell theory

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  • All organisms are made of one or more cells
  • The cell is the basic unit of all living things
  • All cells come from existing cells
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Why cells can’t be big

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Surface area to volume ratio

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The parts all cells have in common

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Cell membrane, cytoplasm, organelles, genetic material

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Cells with no nucleus

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Prokaryotic

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Cells with a nucleus

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Eukaryotic

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Prokaryote categories

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Bacteria and archaea

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A bacteria’s DNA

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Shaped like a twisted rubber band

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The only organelles that bacteria have

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Ribosomes

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What does bacterium’s strong weblike cell wall do?

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Helps the cell retain it’s shape, and work together with the cell membrane to allow materials in and out of the cell

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Strength of archaea

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Archaea can live in places that no other organisms can live

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What are three types of archaea

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Heat-loving, salt-loving, and methane-making

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What heat-loving and salt-loving archaea sometimes called

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Extremophiles because they can live in extreme conditions like hot springs, or places where the water is extremely salty.

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Where do methane-making archaea sometimes live

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Swamps, deep in the ocean near volcanic vents where the temperature is above boiling point

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The largest cells

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Eukaryotes

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What is the cell membrane made of?

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Proteins, lipids, and phospholipids

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What are lipids?

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A group of compounds including fats and cholesterol that do not dissolve in water. They are hydrophobic

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What are phospholipids?

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The cell membrane contains two layers of phospholipids. A phospholipid is a lipid that contains phosphorus. They are water loving or hydrophilic

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Main power source of a cell, where sugar is broken down to produce energy, energy is then stored in ATP

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Mitochondria

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Organelles in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis takes place

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Chloroplasts

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The organelle that packages and distributes proteins, looks like smooth ER

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Golgi Complex

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Organelles that contain digestive enzymes, get rid of waste materials and protect the cell from foreign invaders

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Lysosomes

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The organelle that contains the cell’s DNA and is the control center of the cell

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Nucleus

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The organelle where amino acids are hooked together to make proteins

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Ribosome

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The organelle that makes lipids, breaks down drugs and other substances, and packages proteins for the Golgi complex

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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The benefits of being a multicellular organism

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Larger size, longer life, and socialization

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A group of cells that work together to perform a specific job

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Tissue

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Two or more tissues working together to perform a specific function

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Organ

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Anything that can perform life processes by itself

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Organism

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A group of organs that work together to perform body functions

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Organ system

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The arrangement of parts in an organism

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Structure

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The special, normal, or proper activity of an organ or part

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Function

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A web of proteins in the cytoplasm

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Cytoskeleton

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