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What is basic unit (building block) of any organism? |
Cells |
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Organisms that consists of one cell are called? |
One-celled organsims |
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Give two example of organisms with only one cell |
amoeba, plankton |
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In multicellular organisms cells of a specific type combine to form ______ which form an ______ which form a ______. |
tissue, organ, organ system |
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cells consists of subunits, which have special functions. |
organelle |
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cells with nucleus are called. |
eukaryotic cells |
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Eukaryotic cells are. |
animals, fungi |
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What parts of a cell can you see with a light microscope? |
cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, bacteria on cell |
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What parts of a plant cell can you see in an electron microscope? |
cell wall, cell membrane, mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, nucleus, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, chloroplast, vacuole. |
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What parts of an animal cell can you see with an electron microscope? |
nucleus membrane, pores, nucleus, cell membrane, rough endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, mitochondria, cytoplasm, ribosomes |
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Why was the development from light microscopes to electron microscopes so important? |
With light microscopes you can only see some of the organelles while with an electron microscope you can see all of the organelles |
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give three structural differences between plant and animal cells. |
chloroplast, cell wall, vacuole. |
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what is the name of the molecule that makes up the plants cell wall? |
cellulose |
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how large are animal and plant cells? |
Ca 50 micrometers |
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Which organelle has a double membrane? |
Nucleus |
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describe the function of DNA |
Holds the blueprint for every feature of the body. They carry the information needed to make proteins, including the enzymes needed for most of the processes going on in the cell |
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What is the function of the cell surface membrane? |
It controls the entry of substances into and out of the cell |
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What is the function of the mitochondria? |
Site of most of the stages in aerobic cell respiration. provides the cell with energy in ATP form |
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Define aerobic cell respiration |
a series of reactions using oxygen in which energy is transferred from organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, to the temporary energy storage molecule ATP |
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Energy storage molecules in the cell are called? |
ATP |
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In which organelle does protein synthesis take place? |
ribosomes |
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give three examples of different types of protein molecules cells make |
hemoglobin, hormones (insulin), enzymes ( needed for all chemical reactions) |
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What happens in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum? |
Enzymes that are important are found here. eg: synthesising fats, phospholipids, steroids |
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What does the golgi apparatus do? |
Receives substances from the endoplasmic reticulum and packages the proteins for export out of cell |
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What to lysosomes do? |
has digestive enzymes to break down molecules (janitors) |
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What are chloroplasts used for? |
photosynthesis |
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explain photosynthesis |
take up carbon dioxide (CO2) and uses the energy from the sunlight to convert it to carbohydrates and other useful organic substances |
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What is the large vacuole filled with? |
water |
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what does turgid mean? |
a cell that is filled with water |
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do plant cells have mitochondria? |
yes |
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what are the characteristics of a prokaryotic cell? |
flagellum, no nucleus, circular DNA, plasmid, slimy capsule, pili, small ribosomes |
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Name one prokaryotic cell |
E.Coli |
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Name a human cell that has a flagellum |
sperm |
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What is the function of the slimy capsule? |
So the bacteria doesn't dry out |
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What is the main function of the cell membrane? |
controls the movement of substances into and out of cell, keeps the cell content together and separate from other cells, allows communication between cells |
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When the membrane bends to let particles in, what is it called? |
endocytosis |
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"cell eating" is called |
phagocytosis |
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Give two examples of phagosytosis |
unicellular animals, white blood cells |
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Organelle which contains digestive enzymes to break down molecules or old organelles |
lysosomes |
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organelle where aerobic respiration takes place to produce ATP from sugar and oxygen |
mitochondria |
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the molecules that makes up the plant cell wals |
cellulose |
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Phosphate head |
hydrophilic (loves water) |
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2 tails with fatty acids |
hydrophobic (hates water) |
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Proteins that goes through the membrane |
integral proteins |
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Proteins that sits on the outside of the membrane |
peripheral proteins |
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regulates stiffness of the membrane |
cholesterol |
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Works as receptors which sits on the proteins or phospholipids |
carbohydrates |
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has a head that likes water and a tail that hates water |
Phospholipids |
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transport which does not require energy |
passive transport |
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osmosis? |
low salutes move to high salutes, high salutes move to low salutes |
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needs energy in the form of ATP |
active transport |
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being a cell |
interphase |
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cell growth and protein production |
G1 |
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DNA copies itself for mitosis (DNA synthesis) |
S |
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Cell gets ready for mitosis (makes new organelles) |
G2 |
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Nuclear division |
Mitosis |
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Centrioles move to poles, spindle microtubules being forming, nucleus disappear, sister chromatids become visible |
Prophase |
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Sister chromatids line up at equator, spindle microtubules attach to the centromeres |
Metaphase |
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spindle fibres pull apart sister chromatids |
Anaphase |
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Chromosomes arrive at pole, spindle microtubules disappear, nucleus forms |
Telophase |
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cell membrane pinches off in animal cells, new cell plate begins to form between new plant cell |
cytokinisis |
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is used to make gametes |
meiosis |