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Units of Structure&Function Flashcards

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1
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Respiration occurs here which releases energy from food.

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mitochondria

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2
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Water (and other materials)are stored here

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Vacuole

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3
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Contains DNA

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nucleus

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4
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Glucose is made by this organelle; photosynthesis occurs here

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chloroplast

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5
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Organic energy molecule

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ATP

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6
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Provides rigid structure to plant cell

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Cell wall

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7
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Free- floating protein factories

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Ribosomes

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8
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Regulates what enters and leaves cells

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Cell membrane

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9
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Studded with ribosomes and transports proteins through the cell.

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Rough ER

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10
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Inorganic waste product of cellular respiration

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CO2; carbon dioxide

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Acts as a shipping department to send materials out of the cell

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Golgi Apparatus or Golgi Complex or Golgi Body

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12
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Serves as a custodian of cell by containing waste products; has digestive enzymes

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Lysosomes

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13
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All the organelles float around in this

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Cytoplasm

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14
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Cellular package container

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Vesicle

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15
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Process that occurs in autotrophs only

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photosynthesis

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16
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Process that occurs in all organisms and produces ATP

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Cellular respiration

17
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located in the nucleus and responsible for making ribosomes

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nucleolus

18
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long thread like structures located in the nucleus that contain genes

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chromosomes

19
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hereditary units made up of DNA that are found on chromosomes

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genes

20
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near the nucleus of animal cells; involved in cell division

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centrioles

21
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basic unit of structure of all living things

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cell

22
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cells-> ______–> organs–> ________–> organism

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cells-> tissues__–> organs–> organ_systems–> organism

23
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describes the cell membrane’s ability to allow certain things to pass through it.

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selectively permeable

24
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2 organelles found only in plant cells

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cell wall and chloroplasts

25
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cell membrane model description

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fluid mosaic model; double lipid layer with proteins embedded in it which serve as protein channels and receptor molecules to recognize specific hormones or biochemicals or nutrients

26
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organelle which plays a major role in maintaining homeostasis because it regulates what can enter and leave the cell.

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cell membrane

27
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found near the nucleus and is smooth; chemical reactions occur here and materials are transported through it

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smooth ER

28
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type of cell that carries impulses throughout animals

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nerve cells

29
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type of cells that carry oxygen in animal cells

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red blood celss

30
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type of cells that transport water and nutrients in plants

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xylem and phloem

31
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scientist that first observed and names the tiny box like structures seen in thin cork slices under the microscope

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Robert Hooke

32
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3 components of the Cell Theory

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  1. Cell is the basic unit of structure of all living things.
  2. Cell is the basic unit of function of all living things.
  3. Cells arise from other living cells.
33
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3 Exceptions to the Cell Theory

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  1. Viruses are not made of cells, but they do contain genetic information and reproduce inside another cell which is called the host cell.
  2. The first cell could have arisen from pre-existing cells. (primordial soup of elements led to first cell)
  3. Mitochondria and chloroplasts are organelles that contain their own genetic material and can reproduce independently of the rest of the cell.
34
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passage of material from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration w/o use of energy

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passive transport or diffusion

35
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passage of material from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration with the use of ATP

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active transport

36
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diffusion of water

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osmosis

37
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when the number of particles are evenly distributed on both sides of a membrane they are said to be in….

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equilibrium

38
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difference in concentration between 2 areas is referred to as the ….

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concentration gradient

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