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System:

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A set of interconnected parts

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Cells the basic units of life, maintain the lie processes within…

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organelles

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Cells are highly efficient, open systems that are able to…

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Exchange matter and energy

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A cell must work continuously to be…

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Efficient and to conserve energy

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Main structure of plant and animal cells are…

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

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Lipids are…

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Fats and oils

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7
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Nucleic Acids:

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Complex molecule made up of Nucleotides

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Solvent:

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Substances that are dissolved in water

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Trace Elements:

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Element that an organism requires in small amounts

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Similarities between plants and animals:

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Both have cell membrane and an internal network of fibres, the cytoskeleton

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DNA is made up of…

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Protein and Lipids

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Cytoskeleton:

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Network of fine protein fibres that support cells that contain a nucleas

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Differences between plants and animals:

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Animal cells have centrioles

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Plants have rigged cell well made of…

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Cellouse

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Plant cells contain…

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Specialized compounds

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16
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Some plant cells store energy in the form of…

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Starch or oils

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17
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Animal cells may contain…

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Glycogen

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Plant cells have a large central vacuoles and vesicles in…

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Animal cells tend to be small

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Equilibrium:

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A state of balance between opposing actions

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Plasma Membrane:(Cell Membrane)

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Structure that surrounds a cell and regulates the passage of material between the cell and environment

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Plasma Membrane:

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Phospholipid Bilayer

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Phospholipid Bilayer:

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Double layer of outward-facing phosphates and inward facing fatty acids that form a cell membrane

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The phosphates face out into watery fluids on either side of the cell membrane..

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While the lipids face towards each other in the inner part of the membrane

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Fluid Mosaic Model:

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Description of the arrangement of protein molecules in the fluid double layer of phospholipids that make up the cell membrane

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The cell membrane is the barrier to free exchange between the...
Outside environment and the cytoplasm
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Whatever changes happen to the cell, the ability to transport materials must stay at...
Maximum
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If a cell becomes larger and its volume increases more molecules will need to be...
Transported access the cell surface to take part in the cells functions
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If the cell is to maintain its ability to transport substances ...
There must be a greater surface area to match the increases in size
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Cell must have a larger...
Surface area in ration to the volume
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The transport of gases, nutrients, and wastes into and out of the cell..
Is essential for the cell's survival
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The cell membrane is the...
Organelle responsible for transport
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All matter is made up of...
Particles
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The particles are constantly...
Moving or vibrating
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The particles of matter...
Are attracted to one another or bonded together
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Particles have...
Spaces between them
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Diffusion:
Spontaneous movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
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These particles are in...
Constant motion
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The state of equilibrium which particles are still moving but...
Maintain an overall balanced even distribution
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Rate of Diffusion:
The relative movement of a particle in response to a concentration gradient
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Can be increased by adding...
Energy and increasing molecular movement
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Diffusion of water or solutes can occur across a cell membrane if their is...
A difference between the concentrations of water or solutes on either side of the cell membrane
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Concentration Gradients:
Difference within a given area between the highest and lowest concentrations of a particular chemical substance
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Passive Transport:
Movement of material by the process of diffusion
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Passive transport does not need...
Added energy
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Selectivity Permeable:
A natural membrane that allows certain particles to pass through it but excludes other
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Semi-permeable:
A type of membrane which allows certain particles to pass through while others are excluded
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Passage of materials through the cell membrane is determined by...
The size of the molecules, their charge and whether they are soluble in lipids
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Particles that are too large will not get through only particles that are soluble...
Or that are small enough to pass through the pores of the cell membrane will diffuse
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The carrier protein changes...
Shape and physically moves the molecule across the membrane and into the cell
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Once the molecule has been transported...
The protein will return to its original shape
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Facilitated Diffusion:
Diffusion of molecules across a membrane through binding to carrier proteins
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Active Transport:
Movement of molecules or ions across a membrane against a concentration gradient;
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Active Transport requires...
Energy
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The carrier proteins work as a pump to move molecules or Ions...
Across the membrane
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Adenosine Triphosphate:
Nucleotide that releases stored energy in a cell
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Vesicles are...
Sacs that surround the large particles and contain it against
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Vesicles are...
Small and temporary
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Endocytosis:
Uptake of particles or molecules by formation of a vesicle from the cell membrane
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Endocytosis
Requires energy
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Exocytosis:
Release of molecules from a vesicle that fuses with the cell membrane to export the molecules from the cell
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Exocytosis
Requires energy
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Membrane Technologies:
Industrial use of synthetics to mimic the action of membranes
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Recognition Proteins:
Protein molecules protruding from cells that allow communication between cells
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Receptor Proteins:
Specialized molecules on the surface of the cell to which messenger molecules from other cells can bind
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Lock-and-key would work to...
Block or close off the receptor protein that the "key" produced by the virus would not work
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Liposomes:
Fluid-filled sacs surrounded by a phospholipid bilayer identical to the cell membrane of human cells
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Insulin:
A small protein produced in the pancreas
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It is secreted into the blood stream and binds...
With membrane receptors at a distance from the point of secretion
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Peritoneal dialysis
The purpose is to rid the body of toxins, waste, and excess fluids produced by the cells of the body
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Peritoneum:
A membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in humans and other vertebrates
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Hemodialysis:
Treatment for kidney failure in which membranes in a dialysis machine clean the blood and remove the wastes
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Desalination:
The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make it suitable for drinking
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Reverse Osmosis:
The movement of water through a semi-permeable membrane from a high concentration to a low concentration solute
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Living cells require oxygen, a gas that is...
Usually in higher concentration outside the cell
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Particles move from an area of higher concentration...
To an area of lower concentration
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Osmosis:
Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
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Hypertonic:
Describes a solution that has a lower solute concentration than another solution
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Hypertonic has more solute particles and therefor...
Less water than the cell contents
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Hypotonic:
The concentration of solutes outside is lower than it is inside the cell.
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Isotonic:
The concentration of solutes outside the cell is equal to that inside the cell
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"Iso"
means equal
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"Hypo"
means under
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If you put into an isotonic solution, there is...
No net movement of water molecules
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Channel proteins:
A protein in the cell membrane that forms in a passage way through which specific solutes can pass by diffusion
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Carrier Proteins:
Have the ability to attach to larger molecules that are not able to diffuse across the membrane
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The cell membrane moves freely and is made up of lots of...
Different parts
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Hyper
More solutes

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