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Prokaryotic?Eukaryotic Cell Parts Flashcards

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What is the nucleus?

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The control center - it contains genetic information (DNA)

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What does a ribosome do?

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Builds Proteins

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What does a nucleolus do?

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Builds Ribosomes

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What does a Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum do? (Rough ER)

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It builds lipids, proteins, and transports vesicles

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What does a Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum do? (Smooth ER)

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It builds lipids, store calcium, and detoxify

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What does a Golgi Apparatus do?

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Modifies, sorts, and ships proteins by vesicles

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What is a Plasma Membrane?

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It regulates traffic in and out of the cell

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What is a Lysosome? (animals)

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From Golgi, to digest food and organelles

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What does a Peroxisome do?

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It breaks down and detoxifies molecules

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What is a central vacuole? (plants)

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It fills with water to help plants grow

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What does a cell wall do? (plants)

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Protects and supports

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What is the Plasmodesma? (plants)

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A channel that connects cytosol

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What does a Chloroplast do? (plants)

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Transforms light energy to chemical energy

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14
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What does Mitochondria do?

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Transforms chemical energy from stored to ATP

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What is the Cytoskeleton?

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The organelle and cell movement, and cell shape

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What is the Centrosome? (animals)

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The division of the nucleus, it has 2 centrioles

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