fundamental unit of life Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Discovered dead cell

A

robert hooke

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

discoverd living cell

A

anton von leeuwennhoek

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

osmosis

A

water moves across cell membrane by osmosis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

plasma membrane

A

outer most layer of animal cell
semi-permeable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

cell wall

A

outermost layer of plant cell
made of cellulose

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

plasmolysis

A

when plant cell looses water through osmosis there is shrinkage of content of cell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

cytoplasm

A

fluid portion of cell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

nucleus

A

contains cell dna
coordinates cellular activities like growth, metabolism, and reproduction.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

ribosome

A

makes protein
also known as protein factory of cell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

chromosome made up of

A

dna and protein

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

endoplasmic reticulum

A

makes lipids
package proteins
syntesizes hormones

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

chloroplast

A

found ONLY in plant
double membrane
uses sunlight to make food

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

mitochondria

A

powerhouse of cell
makes atp
double membrane

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

lysosome

A

digest food particles,waste cell parts and foreign invaders

also known as suicidal bag

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

golgi complex

A

processes,packages,transport
proteins etc. for secretion or use within cell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

procaryotes

A

lack well defined nucleus and n.m
primitive cell

ex: bacteria,blue green algae,archebacteria

15
Q

eucaryotes

A

advanced cell

16
Q

types of plastids
chromoplast
chloroplast
leucoplast

A

-colored
-photosyntesis
-colorless and storage