The Cell Flashcards

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Thin, flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Smell coming through a ballon

A

Cell membrane

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Specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a eukaryotic cell
Mitochondria

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Organelle

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2
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Strong supporting layer around the cell membrane in plants, algae, and some bacteria.
Container holding pudding

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Cell wall

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3
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Casey-Lynne

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Mazzarella

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4
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Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy.
A solar panel takes in the Suns energy and helps run electronics

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Chloroplast

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5
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Principal pigment of plants an other photosynthetic organisms; captures light energy.
Black pavement on the ground gets hotter as the sun comes out and when things get hot they burn.

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Chlorophyll

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6
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Material inside the cell membrane-not including the nucleus.

The red blood in an eyeball

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Cytoplasm

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7
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Cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use.
Proteins in food are separate from other nutrients

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Mitochondria

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8
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Structure that contains the cells genetic material (DNA) and controls the cells activities
The part of the eyes that you can see out of.

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Nucleus ☺️

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9
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Genetic material

Where you get your genes from

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Chromatin/chromosomes/DNA

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10
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Small particle in the cell on which proteins are assembled, made of RNA and protein
Makes the energy like ribs-protein

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Ribosome

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11
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Cell organelle that stores materials such as water salts proteins and carbohydrates
Like a vacuum it holds all the excess material

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Vacuole

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12
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Cell that contains a nucleus

Healthy human cells

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Eukaryotic cell

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13
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Unicellular organism without a nucleus

Bacteria

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Prokaryotic cell

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14
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The process in which cells develop in different ways to perform different tasks
One red blood cell and one white blood cell

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Cell specialization (differentiation)

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15
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Protein marker on cell membrane

Like an ID card

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Antigen

16
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Process by which molecules tend to move from an area of high concentration to an area where they are less concentrated
Dropping an M&M into a big bowl of M&Ms slowly

A

Diffusion

17
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Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane in example iodine going into a tube of glucose and starch

A

Osmosis

18
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Energy releasing process

Breathing

A

Cellular respiration

19
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Biochemical food making process

Plants do this to get energy

A

Photosynthesis

20
Q

Usable but unstable form of energy

A

ATP