Life and cells Flashcards
1
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basic functions of a cell
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- ability to utilise energy
- something to enclose cellular contents
-heritable genetic info
2
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differences: prokaryotes
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-small
-no organelles, no nucleus
-well adapted to their environment
3
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differences: eukaryotes
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-large, complex internal structure
-evolved after prokaryotes
-membrane bounded nucleus
- with organelles
4
Q
similarities pro and euk
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-have ribosomes
-have DNA
-Metabolic processes occur
-both have cell membrane
5
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cell structure
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prokaryote and eukaryote derived from structure of cell. Distinguishes between their size, shape and presence of specialised structures
