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1
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Glucose if found in…

A

In plants through photosynthesis and in our blood (sugar)

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Plants make _____
Animals make ____

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Plants make starch and animals make glycogen

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What forms your cell membranes?

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Phospholipids

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Neutrons have what kind of charge …

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Neutral

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Carbohydrates are bio-

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Molecules

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Cellulose is used to create stronger walls in….

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Plants. And those walls make it harder for other animals to break them down as food

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What is glycolysis?

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The breakdown of glucose during the process of cellular respiration.
It’s the first step of cellular respiration

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A ribosome is a “superhero” that produces proteins for the cells function through a process called …

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Translation

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Ribosomes are made of …

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2 RNA strands and one protein

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Synthesize means….

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To create or combine something

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Ribosomes are made of two RNA strands and one protein.
Likewise, chromosomes are made of what ….

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DNA and proteins !

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What is the protective structure around the cell membrane?
(It’s simple)

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Cell wall

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All cells have … (fluid part of the cell)

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Cytoplasm

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Bacteria is part of the 2 Domains…

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Or tiny prokaryotes that don’t have a nucleus

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What are the two domains of the unicellular tiny prokaryotes?

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Bacteria and Archae

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Example of a Eukaryote

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You. Plants. Animals

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A membranous organelles forms what
(Think of a large house)

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Compartments that separate incompatible chemical reactions in a cell.
They are like the walls of a house

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18
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______ organelles act like the walls of a house keeping everything separated

((Rhys))

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Membranous

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Every cell in your body has the same…
(Hair, skin, eyelashes)

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Genes. BUT they do not have the same proteins

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20
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Can a virus be seen with a light microscope

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No

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Can a bacterium be seen under a microscope?

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Yes

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In a cell which increases faster?
(Think of a glass of water)

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It’s volume increases faster than surface area.
A glass of water filling with water. The volume will increase. In order to get “surface area” you would need a new cup

23
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Decrease in surface area to volume ratio (increases or decreases) exchanges across membrane.

A

Decreases

24
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I am an eukaryotic cell. The fluid region outside of my organelles but inside the plasma membrane is …

A

Cytosol

25
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Metabolism is ….

A

ALL CHEMICAL REACTIONS within a cell

26
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Catabolism (catastrophe) in what within a cell…

A

All breakdown reactions

27
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Anabolism is …
(Building a muscle)

A

The build up reactions

(Ana from frozen always reacted)

28
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A centrosome is ….

(Syndrome was always organizing and he interfered with the car in the tree scene)

A

A microtubule organizing center with 2 centrioles in animal cells

29
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The three microtubules are
(Sperm travel down an tube)

A

Centrosome
Cilia
Flagella

30
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The nucleolus is responsible for making …

A

Ribosomes

31
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Nuclear pores …

A

Are the pores in the nucleus that allow things to leave. Such as ribosomes

32
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The nuclear envelope sounds the nucleus. What is it?

A

A double membrane surrounding the nucleus

33
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The chromatin is composed of

A

DNA

34
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The Endoplasmic reticulum (think of a force field shaped like tubes) has ribosomes that attach to it. What is a rough ER mean?

A

If it contains ribosomes on the surface it is considered “rough” otherwise it’s “smooth”

35
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If sugar is added to protein it’s a

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Glycoprotein

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If a carbohydrate is added to the proteins with the ER it is …

A

Glycolipid

37
Q

Transport Vesicles …

A

Are Er transports that modify and sort protein

38
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Phospholipids are …

A

Lipids

39
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Four main classes or organic molecule…

A

Carbs
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids

40
Q

ER transports store and release ….
(Boneyard)

A

Calcium

41
Q

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum does NOT contain …

A

Ribosomes

42
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The two ERs are responsible for making ..

A

New membranes (that are mostly phospholipids)

43
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Transport Vesicles Leah’s ERs and fuse with

A

Golgi Apparatus

44
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Transport of something we need within the cell is …:

A

Secretion

45
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Lysomes can recycle worn out…

A

Organelles

46
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Contractile vacuole (like contractions) can squeeze what out?

A

Excess water

47
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Proteins may be moved and modified and then exit the er via a ______

A

Transport vesicle

48
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The Plasma membrane is like a giant force field allowing things in or out.

So when something is being transported (or secreted), a transport vesicle with protein fuses with ….

A

The plasma membrane

49
Q

A plasma membrane functions include
(The big forcefield wall- the men on the wall)

A

*cell signaling
*cell adhesion
*membrane transport

50
Q

What gas is needed to breakdown our food?

A

Oxygen

51
Q

Do Animal cells have a cell wall?

A

Animal cells simply have a cell membrane, but no cell wall.
The ECM acts in place of it

52
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A domain is …

A

A portion of a protein with a particular structure and function.

53
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A cellulose is a polysaccharide characterized by ….

A

An unbranched linear structure and high degree of hydrogen bonding

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