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9 characteristics of Living Things |
1. Reproduce 2. Growth 3. Repair 4. Produce Energy 5. Store Substances 6. Removes Waste 7. Transport Raw 8. Respond to the Materials in environment 9. Have a life span |
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Cell Theory |
(i) all living things are composed of one or more cells (ii) the cell is the smallest living things (iii) new cell arise only from cells that already exis |
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Hierarchy of Cells |
1. Cell 2.Tissue 3.Organ 4.Organ System 5.Organism |
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Is the smallest living thing unit and is the basic building block of organisms |
Cells |
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Groups of cells that have a similar structure and perform a specific function example is nerve tissue |
Tissue |
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Types of tissue that carry out a particular function like brain |
Organ |
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Organs that working together to perform a function like nerve system |
Organ System |
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Organs system working together example Human |
Organisms |
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Do not have a nucleus instead it have a nucleoi and it lack of membrane-bound organelles |
Prokaryotic Cells |
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Is irregularly shape within the prokaryote that contains all or most of the genetic material |
Nucleoid |
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It have a true nucleus and have an enough organelles |
Eukaryotic Cells |
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It is a long threads of genetic material that contain genetic/heredity and it is found inside the nucleus |
Chromosomes |
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Are sort of master plan that specifies how the cell should develop. |
Chromosomes |
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It’s job is to chemically bond the animo acids together |
Ribosomes |
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Chromosomes are composed of _______ and proteins called DNA |
Nuclei Acids |
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In order for the cell to use the information coded by the parts of DNA, it must be first be ______ from the original set of instructions. |
Copied |
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These short-stranded copies from one of the two DNA strands in the nucleus are made from? |
Rinonucleic Acdid (RNA) |
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The codes in the cells DNA act as a? |
Blueprint |
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_____ copies represent detailed messages that can be transported of the nucleus since DNA is to valuable to _____ the nucleus |
RNA, leave |
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Composed of chains of smaller molecules called animo acids |
Proteins |
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Is the process in which cells make proteins. |
Protein Synthesis |
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Is the transfer of genetic instructions in DNA to RNA in nucleus |
Transcription |
One of the two stages in protein synthesis |
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After the mRNA is ______, it carries the instructions to a ribosome in the ______. |
Processed, Cytoplasm |
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Occurs at the ribosome which consists of RNA and proteins. |
Translation |
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In, translation, the instructions in mRNA are read and Erna bring the correct sequence of _____ at the ribosomes |
Animo Acids |
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Are building blocks used to make proteins and these proteins can be either used ______ in the cell or packaged and shipped off to other cells. |
Animo Acids, directly |
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There are _____ different animo acids |
20 |
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Are called “little organs” and has a membrane enclosed structure that have a specific function and it is found mostly in cytoplasm. |
Organelles |
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Involves the structures within the cell such as the phospholipid layer and proteins sliding past each other it has a flexible cell membrane. |
Fluid Mosaic Model |
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Fluid inside the cells |
Intracellular Fluid (ICF) |
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Fluid that occupies the space between cells and tissues. |
Extracellular Fluid (ECF) |
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Fluid in between of the body cells |
Interstitial Fluid |
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Surrounds the entire cell and it regulates what goes in and out of the cell |
Cell Membrane |
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The cell membrane holds and ______ all the contents found inside the cell from outside the cell. |
separates |
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Any molecules or substances can pass through the cell membrane |
Permeable |
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Are those which only let solvents, such as water pass through. |
Semi-permeable |
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Does not allow any substances to pass through the cell membrane |
Impermeable |
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Is a lipid made of phosphate liquid head group - glycerol and two fatty acid tails and is densely packed together forming a ______ to barrier that does not allow a certain size of molecules enters the cell |
Phopholipid, wall |
Four Main Components that make up the cell membrane |
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Are made up of glycerol and phosphate-liked head and has a properties of hydrophilic (water loving) |
Phospholipid head |
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Two fatty acid tails/chains and has a properties of hydrophobic (water hating) |
Phospholipid Tails |
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Are the 2nd main component and they form gates within the phospholipid bilayer |
Proteins |
4 main components that make up the cell membrane |
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Attach to lids (glycolipid) and proteins (glycroprotein), found outside the of the cell and act as a recognition. |
Carbohydrates |
4 main components that make up the cell membrane |
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It maintains the membrane plurality and it is found in the core middle of the double-membrane |
Cholesterol |
4 main components that make up the cell membrane |
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A rough spherical organelle found near the centre of the cell, it is the brain or the control centre of the cell that contains DNA/genetic information |
Nucleus |
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Each cell has a total of ____ chromosome and ___ pairs |
46, 23 |
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Have a genetic instructions to code different characteristics and traits in body, it also help produce proteins and other molecules that help the cell to function |
Genes |
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Is a dark, dense structure composed of DNA, protein, fibres and granules, and it responsible for making ribosomes |
Nucleolus |
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An area between the cell membrane and nucleus, and this area contains all the organelles of cells |
Cytoplasm |
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Is a watery fluid found within the Cytoplasm |
Cytosol |
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Responsible for producing energy or cell powerhouse of the cell. In addition to the nucleus it is the only other organelle that has its own DNA. |
Mitochondria |
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The way cell produces energy in Mitochondria is through the process called? |
Cellular Respiration |
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Vesicles with a protein are sent ______ Vesicles with a lipid inside are sent to ______ Vesicles with food particles in them are sent _____ |
Golgi Bodies Other parts of the cell Lysosome |
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Vesicles and its contents are released into an organelle |
Endocytosis |
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Vesicle is released out from the organelle/cell and it travels towards the plasma membrane. |
Exocytosis |
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Is a 3D network branching tubes that send vesicles with molecules inside to different parts of the cells and responsible for producing proteins that are synthesized by ribosomes |
Endoplasmic Reticulum |
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Smooth ER _______ ribosomes Rough ER______ ribosomes |
Do not have Have |
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Receive, modify, transport and release proteins produced by ER |
Golgi Bodies |
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If the proteins are to be used by the cell, the Golgi bodies _____ them into vesicle and send them to cell membrane to be _____ |
Packages, exported |
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Form a digestive enzymes that can break down large molecules into smaller ones Made by the Rough ER and Golgi Bodies |
Lysosomes |
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Have similar structure to lysosome and contain strong enzymes that are formed in cytoplasm, its main job it to break down long fatty acids and also detoxify alcohols. |
Peroxisomes |
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A sac that is filled with water, nutrients and dissolved minerals and [large in plant] and [small in animak] |
Vacuole |
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Network of microfilaments and microbes made out of proteins, it maintains cell shape and help support the cell, it requires energy in order to move |
Cytoskeleton |
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It is made up of cellulose and pectic and its main job is to protects and support the plant cell |
Cell Wall |
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Is a jelly-like substance that helps to bind cells together. |
Pectic |
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Plants produce sugars (autotrophs) and store starch— their own food. |
Plastids |
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Create and store pigments (different colours like red, yellow, orange) |
Chromoplasts |
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Colourless plastids that store starch and sugars |
Amyplasts |
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Two or more substance that are dissolved in fluid |
Solution |
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Any material that has been dissolved (salt) |
Solute |
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The substance that exists in the larger amount to dissolves the solute (H2O) |
Solvent |
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Movement of particles from high to low concentration |
Diffusion |
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Equilibrium is eventually established when there are _____ distributed particles. |
equally |
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Smaller particles are affected by temperature easily. |
Particle’s size |
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Higher temperature increase the rate of diffusion |
Temperature |
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Increase in concentration difference and rate of diffusion |
Concentration Difference |
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Particles are closer to cell membrane the increase of rate of diffusion |
Diffusion distance |
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Not require energy — from high to low |
Passieve Transport |
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Movement of small particles that directly pass through the lipid bilayer, not need to go through protein channel |
Simple Diffusion |
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Molecules are too large to pass the phospholipid bilayer, transport/carrier protein can be inhibited to blocked |
Facilitated Diffusion |
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Requires energy (ATP) — from low to high and this energy comes from the mitochondria. |
Active Transport |
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The diffusion of stare through a selectively permeable and water is small enough to fit through phospholipid and does not need a carrier/transport protein. |
Osmosis |
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Equal — fluid of the cell has the same amount of dissolved ions inside |
isotonic |
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High — Fluid cell is high in the dissolved concentration |
Hypertonic |
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Low — fluid of the cell is lower in the dissolves ion concentration. |
Hypotonic |
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Producing offspring from a single parent, in which the offspring have the exact genetic information |
Asexual Reproduction |
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Cell simply copies its DNA and then splits into two giving a copy of its DNA to eat of the daughter cell. |
Binary fission |
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Process of producing offspring by the union of 2 different parent organism and the offspring genetic make up is different from a parent since it obtain half of their genetic from the 2 parents. |
Sexual Reproduction |
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Majority of the chromosomes (44 out of 46) are not involves in determining the sex of the organism. All genes that make up various traits such as hair colour. Pairs (#1-23) chromosomes |
Autosomes |
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All cells of the body except for sex cells, take part in the information of the organism formed in mitosis and has 46 chromosomes Have a diploid # (means double = 2n) = human diploid number is 26 chromosomes (2n=46) |
Somatic Cells |
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These cells only come into play when you want to make baby which the ____ will be providing you 23 chromosomes Have a haploid # (means half=n) half of the diploid # which is 23 chromosomes (n=23) |
Gametes / sex cells |
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Offers 22 chromosomes + 1 gender [X] |
Female (egg) |
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Offers 22 chromosomes + 1 gender (X) or (Y) |
Male (sperm) |
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