Ch. 6 Vocabulary

Front 1

Cell Theory

Back 1

Cells make up other organisms and have the ability to function, and all cells come from cells

Hint 1

1. Cells make up all _________

2. Cells come from _______

Front 2

Prokaryotes

Back 2

Most basic cells, almost always bacteria, don't have a nucleus

Hint 2

1. Bacteria

2. PRO-karyotes, PRO-____

Front 3

Eukaryotes

Back 3

More complex cells, form multicellular organisms, have a nucleus

Hint 3

1. Humans

2. Have a n__________

Front 4

Nucleus

Back 4

Structure in the cell that controls the rest of it

Hint 4

1. Basically the center of a hivemind

2. In eukaryotes

Front 5

Chromosome

Back 5

Structure in cells that is made up of coiled DNA

Hint 5

1. In the nucleus

2. Is made up of coiled strips of ____

Front 6

Nucleoid

Back 6

plasma membrane in the 'nuclear region' of a cell

Hint 6

1. Substitute for the nucleus in unicellular organisms

2. ______ membrane

Front 7

Plasmids

Back 7

Small circular molecules of DNA

Hint 7

1. Small, ______models

2. Contain _________

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Flagella

Back 8

Long, tail-like extensions that come out of a bacteria and help it move around in its enviroment

Hint 8

1. The propellers of bacteria

2. 'whip like'

Front 9

Cell/plasma membrane

Back 9

Membrane protecting the cell and enclosing it completely, controls nutrients and wastes that go in and out of the cell

Hint 9

1. Semi-permeable

2. completely encloses a cell

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Cell wall

Back 10

Much more stiffer membrane surrounding a cell, usually plant cells

Hint 10

1. Stiff

2. Only plants

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Ribosomes

Back 11

Tiny structures made out of protein and RNA

Hint 11

1. Mini versions of chromosomes

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Cytoplasm

Back 12

Cellular material made up of simple salts and compounds in water

Hint 12

1. Stuff inside a cell that keeps everything held up

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Cytosol

Back 13

Solution that organelles float in, the cytoplasm

Hint 13

1. The nutrients inside the cytoplasm

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Organelles

Back 14

Structures inside a cell that help it function

Hint 14

1. The structures inside a cell that help it function

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Nucleolus

Back 15

Structure in nucleus that contains the DNA and RNA

Hint 15

1. Part of the nucleus

2. Contains the information in a cell

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Cytoskeleton

Back 16

Protein network that provides the shape of a cell

Hint 16

1. The 'bones' of a cell

Front 17

Microtubules

Back 17

Tiny tubes in the cytoskeleton

Hint 17

1. Are part of the protein network

Front 18

Microfilaments

Back 18

Connect microtubles

Hint 18

1. Part of the protein network

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Rough ER

Back 19

Where proteins and other nutrients are sent through to go to the glogi to be synthesized

Hint 19

1. Where proteins go to get better

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Smooth ER

Back 20

The rest of the endoplasmetic reticulum, proteins pass through it

Hint 20

1. Where proteins pass through first

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Glogi apparatus

Back 21

Where proteins are sent to to be packaged into vesicles and sent to the plasma membrane, looks like a stack of pancakes

Hint 21

1. Think pancakes

Front 22

Vesicles

Back 22

'Packages' in which proteins are stored in the glogi and sent to the plasma membrane

Hint 22

1. The UPS system

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Lysosomes

Back 23

Special vesicles that contain enzymes that can break down old macromolecules to be recycled

Hint 23

1. Think recycling bags

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Vacuoles

Back 24

Vesicles that get bigger as the organism gets older, in plants

Hint 24

1. As the organism grows, so does the vacuoles

Front 25

Centrioles

Back 25

Tubular structures in a cell that help the cell reproduce

Hint 25

1. Helps cells __________

2. Guide the cell during _____________

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Cilla

Back 26

Tiny structures in a cell that help it move around

Hint 26

1. It's the tiny legs of a cell

Front 27

Mitochondria

Back 27

THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL

Hint 27

1. THE POWERHOUSE OF A CELL

2. produces atp for the cell

Front 28

Chloroplasts

Back 28

Parts of a plant cell that absorb nutrients for the cell

Hint 28

1. Plants

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Colony

Back 29

Groups of one-celled microrganisms that usually have similar traits

Hint 29

1. ____________ of microrganisms

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Multicelluar

Back 30

An organism with multiple cells that help the organism function

Hint 30

1. ______________ with more than one ___________

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Cell differentiation

Back 31

Difference between cells

Hint 31

1. ___________ between cells

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Tissue

Back 32

Parts of an organ that help it work properly

Hint 32

1. Not the ones you blow your nose with

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Organ

Back 33

A part of an organism that performs a specific task to help the organism function

Hint 33

1. I hope you know what this means

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Organ system

Back 34

Many organs that work together to complete a specific task in order to keep the organism alive

Hint 34

1. Systems of ___________ working together

Front 35

Organism

Back 35

A living thing

Hint 35

1. humans