Eukaryotic Cells Flashcards

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Eukaryotic cells are….

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plants, animals, protists, and fungi; they have a nucleus and organelles

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Define endomembrane system.

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Series of internal membranes throughout the cytoplasm

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members of the endomembrane system

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Endoplasmic reticulum
Golgi apparatus
Lysosomes

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Structures exclusive to plants

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Has a cell wall, chloroplasts, plastids, and a central vacuole

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Structures exclusive to animals

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Has lysosomes and centrosomes

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Chloroplasts have…

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thylakoids, grana and stroma and DNA inside of them. They are used for photosynthesis

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Mitochondrion is…

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in all eukaryoties. It has DNA inside and is used to make energy ATP

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The endosymbiosis theory

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some of today’s eukaryotic organelles evolved by a symbiosis arising between two cells that were each free-living

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Origin of Mitochondria and chloroplasts

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a prokaryote was engulfed by and became part of another cell, which was the precursor of modern eukaryotes

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Describe the structure of a cell nucleus

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So nucleolus in the center where we make ribosomal RNA. Nucleus has a membrane with pores.

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