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What is the plasma membrane of a cell? |
It encloses the cell and mediates interactions between the cell and its environment |
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What are two things all cells contain? |
DNA, energy and nutrients |
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Cell function is limited by...? |
Cell size |
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What are the two types of cells, and what do they translate to? |
Prokaryotic (First-cells) and Eukaryotic (True-cells) |
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What two domains represents the prokaryotic cells? |
Archaea, and Bacteria |
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What domain represents the Eukaryotic cells? |
Eukarya |
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Name four unique features of prokaryotic cells |
Are small, have fewer specialized structures, no membrane-enclosed organelleswithin the cytoplasm, DNA is located in the “nucleoid” |
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Name two unique features of eukaryotic cells |
nucleus is the control center, have membrane-enclosed organelles within the cytoplasm |
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Eukaryotic cells contain a complex system of...? |
membranes |
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What does the endoplasmic reticulum do? |
forms membrane-enclosed channels within the cytoplasm |
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What does the Golgi complex do? |
sorts, chemically alters, and packages important molecules |
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What is the cell membrane made out of? |
Phospholipid bilayer with protein scattered throughout |
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Name two things about the cell membrane |
it is Selectively permeable and Glycolipid and Glycoproteins on surface of membrane identifies the cell to the immune system |
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What is the structure of the cell wall based on and what does it mean? |
Based on “fluid mosaic model”, moves around constantly |
