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1
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What is the nucleuses main function?

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Transcripting DNA and making ribosomes

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2
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What does the nucleolus do?

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Produces ribosome

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3
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Why is the nucleoplasm essential?

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Maintains structure of nucleus and suspends chromatin

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4
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What is chromatin?

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Chromosomes

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What is the nuclear envelope?

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A double membrane around the nucleus

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6
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What do the nuclear pores on the envelope do?

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Control mRNA movement

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Name, the four components of a mitochondria

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The Matrix the Inner membrane, the Outer membrane, the Cristae

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8
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What do the mitochondria released through respiration?

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ATP

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Why are the mitochondria’s membranes folded?

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For more surface area

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10
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What do the lysosome contain?

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Digestive enzymes

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What is the lysosomes purpose?

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To digest, invading cells or worn out parts of the cell

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12
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What molecules are processed and synthesised in the Golgi complex?

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Glyco, proteins, lipids, proteins and lysosomes

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What does the Golgi complex do with its molecules?

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Send them out of the cell in Golgi vesicles

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14
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Where are the ribosome in the cell?

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In the cytoplasm or the RER

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15
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What to do the ribosome do?

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They synthesise proteins

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Why is the RER rough?

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It has ribosome is on his coat

17
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What is the RER’s purpose

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Folds and processes proteins made out of the ribosome

18
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Why is the SER smooth?

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It has no ribosomes

19
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What is the SER’s function?

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Synthesising and processing lipids

20
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What does the cell wall do?

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It provides structural support to the cell

21
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Which cells have cell walls?

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Plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria

22
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What is the cell wall made of in plants, algae, fungi and bacteria?

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An algae it is Cellulose, in plants it is cellulose in fungi, it is chitin, in bacteria it is Murien

23
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What are the chloroplasts surrounded by?

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Double membrane

24
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In a chloroplast, what is a thylakoid?

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A folded membrane

25
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What are stacks of thylakoids called?

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Grana/Granum

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What are the granum connected by?

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Lamellae

27
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What is the fluid in the chloroplast called?

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Stroma

28
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Where is the chlorophyll in the chloroplast?

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In the thylakoids

29
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What does the cell surface membrane do?

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Controls what goes in and out of the cell

30
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What is the cell surface membrane made of?

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Lipids and proteins

31
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What is inside of the vacuole?

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Cell sap (fluid)

32
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What is the surrounding membrane on the vacuole called?

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The tonoplast

33
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What do the centrioles do?

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They are important in separating chromosones during mitosis

34
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How do centrioles separate chromosomes?

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By releasing spindle fibers

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