Plants: Chapter 2 - Cell structure

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chloroplasts produce…

organic carbon, sugars, and oxygen

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plasmodesmata is responsible for ______ communication

cell-to-cell

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how do plasmodesmata form a connection between cells?

building a bridge between membranes through the holes in the cell wall

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central vacuole jobs

storage, recycle nutrients, and trapping pathogens

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how does the central vacuole rip apart old mitochondria/chloroplasts?

a plant protein determines if its time, then it is marked that it needs to go to the vacuole

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protoplasm

all living cell components

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cytoplasm

all cellular components between the plasma membrane and the nucleus

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plants are acidic/basic

acidic

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main structural component of cell wall

cellulose

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cellulose are chains of…

glucose molecules

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cell walls have a matrix of…

hemicellulose, pectin, and glycoproteins

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middle lamella location and purpose

found between cells and allows for transportation between cells

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primary cell wall location

outermost wall of cell

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secondary cell wall location

located on the inside of primary cell walls

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primary walls/secondary walls structure

primary - flexible, secondary - thicker, filled with lignin

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what can plasmodesmata transport between membranes?

big proteins, RNA, DNA, chloroplasts

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cellular communication purpose

regulation of cell activities

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translocation occurs through the…

plasmodesmata

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translocation in plasmodesmata materials transported

sugars, amino acids, ions, and other substances

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middle lamella and most cell walls are _______

permeable

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what happens when cell-cell communication stops?

cells around it is considered compromised, other cells around it send signals to shut down. cells around it will also shut down as a safety measure, forming rings of death as the pathogen tries to spread

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apoplastic pathway

water + solutes move through nonliving plant parts

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symplastic pathway

depends on metabolism for speed, travels through living part of cell

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casparian strip

wax strip that reaches both sides of roots, stopping pathogens from continuing on. if it is in living tissue, then it is tagged and sent to vacuole.

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if a cell needs to die because of a pathogen, it…

shuts down and dehydrates itself

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before a cell shuts itself down, it…

signals to other cells before going down, usually 2-3 cell layers go down with it

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the middle lamella can detect pathogens…

easily

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the middle lamella ___ involved in the symplastic/aplastic pathways

is not

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the symplastic pathway is highly ______

filtered and secure

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pathogens try to stay _____ of defense modifications

ahead

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cell-cell communication is _____ and where

constant, through plasma membrane

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human symbiosis with bacteria becomes parasitic when…

immune system/health turns for the worse

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cells act as _____ working as a _____

individuals, team

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nucleus purpose

control center and contains dna

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dna of plant cell

growth, differentation, and “wild type” genetic info.

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plants can basically _____ their genes in real time

rewrite

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endoplasmic reticulum purpose

where translation occurs, packages, and sends protein to final location

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how does the ER send proteins?

pinches off a piece of itself to act as a vesicle

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vesicles are transported via the _______

cytoskeleton

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Golgi apparatus purpose

refines proteins from ER, pinched off again

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all membranes are made of ______ material

the same

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how do vesicles know where to deliver proteins?

chemical signals located on them and where theyre going to

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what happens if a protein is delivered to the wrong place?

sent to central vacuole to be recycled

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proteins shipped from the golgi can be shipped to….

outside the cell, the membrane itself, organelles, central vacuole

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lysosome job

shred into monomers

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proteins are transported through….

vesicles

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how can a double membrane enforce equal sharing?

concentration gradients

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photosynthesis occurs in the _________

thylakoid lumen

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stroma is the ______ in chloroplasts

liquid

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when do chloroplasts replicate?

when stress occurs and components fail

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carotenoids pigment

yellow, orange, red

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carotenoids can be as a….

signaling agent

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plant cells are _________ in shape

rectangular and cubic

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animal cells are _______ in shape

round or irregular

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protoplasm

consists of all living components

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protoplasm is bound by….

plasma membrane

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cytoplasm

consists of all cellular components between the plasma membrane and the nucleus.

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cytosol


fluid within cytoplasm containing organelle

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organelles

persistent structures of various shapes and sizes with specialized functions, most bound by membranes

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main component of cell walls

cellulose

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cell wall matrix contains…

hemicellulose, pectin, glycoproteins

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middle lamella is first produced when….

new cell walls are formed

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the middle lamella is _____ by two adjacent cells

shared

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primary walls are laid on _______ of the middle lamella

either side

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secondary walls are produced _____ the primary walls

inside

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secondary walls are derived by the…..

thickening and inclusion of lignin

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___________ are embedded in lignin for strength

cellulose microfibrils

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___________ allows for direct connections between cells

plasmodesmata

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translocation occurs through the ________

plasmodesmata

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chemical signals are done by…

proteins

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RNA communicates through….

hormones

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middle lamella and cell walls are _________

permeable

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cellular communication with the plasmodesmata

cytoplasmic strands that extend between cells through tiny openings

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apoplastic pathway has ________ move through

water and solute

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apoplastic pathway involves the _______ parts of a plant

nonliving

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symplastic pathway involves the ______ parts of the plant

living

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symplastic pathway moves through the ______ by _______

cytoplasm, plasmodesmata

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symplastic pathway is influenced by ________

metabolism

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plasma membrane is composed of…

phospholipid bilayers with proteins interspersed throughout

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fluid mosaic model

plasma membrane is dynamic structure

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plasma membrane has ________ lining both sides

proteins and receptors

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nucleus is the ______ of the cell

control center

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nucleus jobs

sends coded messages, mRNA’s from DNA genes to be used in other cell parts

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dna provides information that contributes to….

growth and differentiation

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some plants contain a ______ genetic information to ________

wild type, revert from a mutation

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some plants contain ______ of the whole plant genome

extra copies

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endoplasmic reticulum description

enclosed space consisting of a network of flatted sacs and tubes forming channels throughout the cytoplasm

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endoplasmic reticulum jobs

facilitates cellular communication and channeling of materials, synthesizes membranes for other organelles and modifies proteins, helps build the plasmodesmata membrane

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golgi is known as the _______ in plant cells

dictyosome

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golgi purpose

modify carbohydrates attached to proteins that are synthesized and packaged in the ER

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golgi process of protein packaging

vesicles pinched off from margins and migrate and fuse to plasma membrane

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vesices act as _______ for proteins

transport vessels

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chloroplasts are the ____ for photosynthesis

core

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thylakoid

membrane filled with chlorophyll

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stroma

matrix of enzymes, fluid, and compounds

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components of chloroplasts

thylakoid, stroma, circular dna, proteins

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chloroplasts can ____ replicate in the host

self

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chromoplasts

synthesize and accumulate carotenoids

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carotenoids colors

yellow, orange, red

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leucoplasts are _______

colorless