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Unit 1.1 Cell Biology Flashcards

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1
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What are cells?

A

Cells are the basic unit of all living organisms

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2
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What are the four types of cells?

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Animal, plant, fungal and bacterial

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3
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What do cells contain?

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Organelles

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4
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What cells in the nucleus found in?

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All cells except bacterial (plant, animal and fungal)

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What is the function of the nucleus?

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Controls cell activities and contains genetic information

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What do bacterial cells have instead of a nucleus?

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A loop of genetic material plus some have extra circular plasmids

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7
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What is the function of plasmids?

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Small circular DNA

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8
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Where do all chemical reactions occur?

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Cytoplasm

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What is the function of a cytoplasm?

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Site of all chemical reactions

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What is the function of the cell membrane?

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Controls the movement of substances in and out of cells

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How do all cells (except bacterial) gain their energy?

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From aerobic respiration which occurs in the mitochondria

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12
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What is the function of the mitochondria?

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Site of aerobic respiration

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13
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What is the function of the ribosomes?

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Site of protein synthesis

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14
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Where are the ribosomes found?

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In the cytoplasm

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15
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What cells have a cell wall?

A

Plant, fungal and bacterial

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16
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What is the function of the cell wall?

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Provides support to the cells

17
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What are plant cell walls made of?

A

Cellulose

18
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What is cellulose?

A

A structural carbohydrate

19
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What do plant cells make their own food through?

A

Photosynthesis

20
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Where does photosynthesis occur?

A

In the chloroplast

21
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What is the function of chloroplasts?

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Site of photosynthesis

22
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What does chloroplasts contain?

A

A pigment called chlorophyll

23
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What does chlorophyll do?

A

Traps light energy from the sun

24
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What cells contain a vacuole?

A

Plant and fungal cells

25
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What is a vacuole

A

Fluid filled sac which contains water sugars and salts

26
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What is yeast a type of?

A

Fungus

27
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What are yeast cells?

A

Uni-cellular organisms which divide by budding

28
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The number system i use to remember organelles and what cells they are present in:

A

1-Cell wall
2-Cellulose
3-Cell membrane
4-Nucleus
5-Vacuole
6-Cytoplasm
7-Chloroplasts
8- Ribosome
9-Mitochondria
10-Plasmids

29
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What organelles are in plant cells?

A

Cell wall, Cellulose, Cell membrane, Nucleus, Vacuole, Cytoplasm, Chloroplasts, Ribosomes, Mitochondria

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