Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
The ___ is the smallest living unit
|
the cell
|
|
|
Genetic material in cells is _______.
|
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
|
|
|
Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes:
Has no nucleus or nuclear envelope |
Prokaryotes
|
In Eukaryotes, the nucleus is within a nuclear envelope
|
|
Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes:
Genetic material in a "nucleoid region" |
Prokaryotes
|
In Eukaryotes, the genetic material is within the nucleus
|
|
Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes:
No organelles or internal membranes |
Prokaryotes
|
In Eukaryotes, contains cytosol with membrane-bound organelles.
|
|
Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes:
Nucleus with a nuclear envelope |
Eukaryotes
|
In prokaryotes, there is NO nucleus or nuclear envelope.
|
|
Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes:
Genetic material within the nucleus |
Eukaryotes
|
In prokaryotes, the genetic material is in a "nucleoid region"
|
|
Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes:
Contains cytosol with membrane-bound organelles |
Eukaryotes
|
In prokaryotes, there are no organelles or internal membranes
|
|
The _____ is a dense region of DNA in a prokaryotic cell.
|
Nucleoid
|
|
|
______ is the entire region inside the cell membrane and outside the nucleus in cells that have a nucleus (i.e., most eukaryotic cells)
|
Cytoplasm
|
|
|
The inside of the eukaryotic cell is compartmentalized into _____, which are on of several compartments suspended in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.
|
organelles
|
|
|
The ____ is the compartment that contains the cell's genetic library
|
nucleus
|
Nucleus is a (usually) membrane-bound cellular organelle in eukaryotic cells.
|
|
The ____ contains most of the genes that control the cell.
|
nucleus
|
|
|
Nuclear envelope
|
A double membrane which encloses the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell.
|
|
|
___ is spherical shaped region in the nucleus where eukaryotic ribosomes are assemlbed (also the site of ribosome production)
|
Nucleolus
|
|
|
Chromatin
|
A complex of DNA and histone proteins, which make up chromosomes in eukaryotic cells
|
|
|
The nucleus is bounded by a ________, and inside are ____ and _____
|
The nucleus is bounded by a DOUBLE OUTER MEMBRANE, and inside are CHROMATIN and a NUCLEOLUS
|
|
|
The number of chromosomes humans have
|
46
|
Each species has a specific number of chromosomes
|
|
Long, threadlike associations of genes, composed of chromatin and found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.
|
Chromosomes.
|
46 for humans
|
|
____ build the cell's proteins
|
Ribosomes
|
Cytoplasmic complexes which are the sites of protein suntheisis
|