Unit 4 - Cell Structure Flashcards

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1
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What did Hooke discover?

A

Cells
Looked at cork

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2
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What did Leeuwenhoek discover?

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Living cells
Protists & bacteria

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3
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What did Schleider discover

A

All plants are made of cells

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4
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What did Schwann discover

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All animals are made of cells

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5
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What did Virchow discover?

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All cells come from preexisting cells

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6
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What technology allowed for cells to be discovered?

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Microscopes

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7
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What are the 3 parts of Cell Theory?

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  1. All living things are made of cells.
  2. The cell is the basic unit of life.
  3. All cells come from preexisting cells.
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8
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Nucleus

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Holds DNA
Control center of the cell

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9
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Cytoplasm

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Fluid that fills the cell
Place where chemical reactions occur

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10
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Ribosomes

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Make proteins

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11
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Mitochondria

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Converts glucose into ATP for energy
Carry out cellular respiration
Powerhouse of the cell

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12
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Chloroplast

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Harvests solar energy and converts into chemical energy
Creates glucose
Carry out photosynthesis

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13
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Lysosome

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Digest food
Acidic and full of enzymes
“lys” = “break”

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14
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Vacuole

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Stores water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates

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15
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Cell membrane

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Barrier between cell and outside world

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16
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Cell wall

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Holds cell together
Rigid structure

17
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Golgi body

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Receives vesicles and proteins from ER
Modifies and packages proteins

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (SER)

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Creates lipids, membranes, and vesicles

19
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER)

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Creates proteins for export
Coated in ribosomes

20
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Vesicles

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Transport things throughout the cell

21
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Cytoskeleton

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Gives structure to the cell
Made of microtubules, intermediate filaments, and microfilaments

22
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Centrioles

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Help cell divide

23
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Cilia

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Hair-like coating that help cells move

24
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Flagella

A

Whip-like tail used for movement

25
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Nucleolus

A

Where ribosomes are made
Inside nucleus

26
Q

What cell parts are unique to animal cells?

A

Centriole

27
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What cell parts are unique to plant cells?

A

Cell wall
Large central vacuole
Chloroplast

28
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Prokaryote examples

A

Bacteria
(Eubacteria & Archaea)

29
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Eukaryote examples

A

Protists, Plants, Fungi, Animals

30
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What cell structures do prokaryotes have?

A

Cell wall, ribosomes, nucleoid, circular DNA, cilia & flagella

31
Q

What cell structures do eukaryotes have?

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All of them, nucleus, linear DNA

32
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What is endosymbiosis?

A

Mitochondria and chloroplast were once free-living prokaryotes that now live in eukaryotic cells.
“living inside”

33
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Evidence for endosymbiosis

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Mitochondria and chloroplasts have circular DNA like prokaryotes.
Mitochondria and chloroplasts have double membranes.
Mitochondria and chloroplasts divide like prokaryotes.