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Lesson 3 Flashcards

1
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Fundamental unit of any living organism

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Cells

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2
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Chemical reaction that occurrs in the cell

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Metabolism

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3
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Makes up the genes of chromosomes

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DNA

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4
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Tiny organlike structures

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Organelles

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5
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Fewer complex cells, which include Bacteria and Archaea

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Prokaryotes

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6
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More complex, containing true nucleus and many membrane bound organelles

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Eucaryotes

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7
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Prokaryotes or Eucaryotes : algae, protozoa, fungi, plants, animals

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Eucaryotes

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8
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Is virus cellular or acellular

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Acellular

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9
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The study of the structure and function of cells

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Cytology

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10
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Eu means

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True

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11
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Refers to nut or nucleus

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Caryo

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12
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They have true nucleus

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Eucaryotes

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13
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The cell is enclosed and held intact by?

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Cell membrane

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14
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Cell membrane is also referred as

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Plasma, cytoplasmic, cellular membrane

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15
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The skin like around the cell

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Cell membrane

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16
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Control the functions of the cells

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Nucleus

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17
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Command center of the cell

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Nucleus

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18
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Three components of nucleus:

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Nucleoplasm
Nuclear membrane
Chromosomes

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19
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Embedded or suspended in the nucleoplasm

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Chromosomes

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20
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A gelatinous matrix or base material of the nucleus

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Nucleoplasm

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21
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Serves as skin of the nucleus

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Nuclear membrane

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22
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Semi-fluid, gelatinous, nutrient matrix

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Cytoplasm

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23
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It is where most of the cell’s metabolic occur

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Cytoplasm

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24
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Semifluid of the cytoplasm

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Cytosol

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25
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Located along the DNA molecules

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Genes

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26
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This controls the appearance and growth

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Genes

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27
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The beads on the string of DNA

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Genes

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28
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It carries the genetics

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Chromosomes

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29
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Meaning of ATP

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Adenosine Triphosphate

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30
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Energy carrying molecules

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ATP

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31
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Membranes that are interconnected and arranged to form a transport network of tubules and flattened sacs

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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32
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An ER that has rough, granular appearance when observed

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Rough ER

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33
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Smooth or Rough ER: many ribosomes attached to the outer surface

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Rough ER

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34
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Smooth or Rough ER: ribosomes are not attached

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Smooth ER

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35
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Consist mainly of rRNA and protein.

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Ribosomes

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36
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It plays an important part in the synthesis of proteins

37
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Clusters of ribosomes

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Polyribosomes / Polysomes

38
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Also known as Golgi Apparatus or Golgi Body

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Golgi complex

39
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The packaging plants

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Golgi complex

40
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The functional and “packages”

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Golgi complex

41
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They break down foreign material by phagocytosis

42
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Which hydrogen peroxide is both generated and broken down

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Peroxisomes

43
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The power plants / powerhouse of the cell

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Mitochondria

44
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The energy factories

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Mitochondria

45
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Most atp molecules are formed by

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Mitochondria

46
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Membrane bound structures containing various photosynthetic pigments; site of photosynthesis

47
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Green, photosynthetic pigment

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Chlorophyll

48
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Contains chlorophyll

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Chloroplast

49
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The process by which light energy is used to convert carbon dioxide and water in carbohydrates and oxygen

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Photosynthesis

50
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Three types of cytoskeletal fibers

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Microtubules
Microfilaments
Intermediate filaments

51
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Another term for microfilaments

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Actin filaments

52
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Cytoskeleton that are essential for cell division, contraction, motility, and movement of chromosomes

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Microtubules
Microfilaments

53
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Slender, hollow tubules composed of spherical protein subunits

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Microtubules

54
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External structures that provide rigidity, shape, and protection

55
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These cell walls of ALGAE contain a polysaccharide - _________

56
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These cell walls of FUNGI contain a polysaccharide - _________

57
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Long, thin organelles of loco motion ; to swim

58
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Also organelles of locomotion; shorter (hair-like), thinner, and more numerous than flagella

59
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Which has rhythmic movement?
Flagella or Cilia

60
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Prokaryotic cells are about ____ times smaller than eukaryotic cells

61
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Inward folding of cell membranes

62
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Control center of the bacterial / prokaryotic cell

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Chromosomes

63
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Control center of the eucaryotic cell

64
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Slimy, gelatinous material produced by the cell membrane

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Glycocalyx

65
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Two types of glycocalyx

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Slime layer
Capsule

66
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Enable bacteria to move

67
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The four types of flagellar movement

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PLAM
Peritrichous
Lophotrichous
Amphitrichous
Monotrichous

68
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A tuft of flagella at one end

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Lophotrichous

69
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One flagellum

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Monotrichous

70
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A flagella all over the surface

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Peritrichous

71
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One or more flagella at one end

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Amphitrichous

72
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Molecules of extrachromosomal DNA are also known as

73
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Some bacteria stain Gram positive and others stain Gram negative as a result of differences in the structure of their

74
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Semipermeable structure controlling the transport of materials

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Cell membrane

75
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Hairlike structures observed on Gram negative bacteria

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Pili or Fimbriae

76
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Enables transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another

77
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Example of spores

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Bacillus
Clostridium

78
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Capable of forming thick walled spores as means of survival when their moisture or nutrient supply is low

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Endospores

79
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Bacterial spores is referred to as

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Endospores

80
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Rober Hooke published a book entitled ___________

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Micrographia

81
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This book contains descriptions of objects he had observed using a compound light microscrope that he had make

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Micrographia

82
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Hooke referred to the small empty chambers in the structure of cork as “______”

83
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He was the first person to use the term cells

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Robert Hooke

84
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They concleded that plant and animal tissues were composed of cells

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Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann

85
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German zoologist

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Theodor Schwann

86
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German botanist

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Matthias Scheiden

87
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Proposed the theory of abiogenesis

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Rudolf Virchow

88
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Life can only arise from pre-existing life

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Abiogenesis

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