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33 Cards in this Set
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Contains DNA
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Nucleus
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Makes Protein Molecules
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Ribosomes
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Allows certain molecules to enter and exit the cell
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Lipid Bilayer
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Digests foreign particles
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Lysosomes
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Powerhouse of the cell; cellular respiration takes place here
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Mitochondria
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Tissue where conduction or movement of water in a plant occurs
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vascular tissue
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Organelle where photosynthesis occurs
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Chloroplasts
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Stores water and may contain many substances including ions, nutrients and wastes
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Central Vacuole
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Locomotive structure found in some protists that have a whiplike movement.
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Flagella
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False feet, extensions of the cytoplasm used for movement
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Emeoba
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What is passive transport?
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Diffusion. Movement across the cell membrane that doesn't require any energy.
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What is concentration gradient? Example.
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Lysol bottle. a difference in concentration at a substance is equal through out space
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What is equilibrium?
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Concentration of a substance. Is equal through out space.
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What is diffusion?
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Movement of a substance from a high concentration level to a low concentration level.
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What does it mean to "diffuse down its concentration gradient"?
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From an area of high concentration to low concentration pass through the cell membrane.
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What is osmosis?
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Diffusion of water.
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Hypertonic
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Fluid outside the cell water diffuses outside the cell, cell shrinks.
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Hypotonic
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Water diffuses into the cell, cell swells.
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Isotonic
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Water diffuses in and out of the cell, cell remains the same.
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Active transport
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transport of a substance across a cell membrane against it's concentration gradient (ATP energy)
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Endocytosis
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movement of a substance into a cell
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Exocytosis
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Movement of a substance through a vesicle outside the cell
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Circulatory System
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Transports nutrients and wastes
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Digestive System
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Exacts and absorbs nutrients from food
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Reproductive System
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Produces offsprings
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Respiratory System
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Moves air into and out of cell
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Nervous System
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Regulates behavior, maintain homeostasis
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Immune/Lymphatic System
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Defends against pathogens and disease
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Endocrine System
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Regulates body temp, metabolism and developement.
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Skeletal System
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Protects and supports the body and organs
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Muscular System
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moves limbs and trunk, moves substances
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Homeostasis
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Maintain and stable internal conditions
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Original source of energy for plants
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Sunlight
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