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Golgi apparatus/ bodies

Packing house of the cell, “post office”.

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Lysosome

Sacks filled with digestive enzymes to break down waste in cell. "garbage man of the cell”.

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Lysosome

Digests food particles and cell parts, contains digestive enzymes that break down macromolecules

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Golgi apparatus/ bodies

It packages, processes and ships out stuff the cell produces.

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Vacuole

Empty sack used to store material. “Storage closet of the cell”

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Vacuole

Stores food, water, and waste

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Mitochondria

Responsible for energy production. Cell respiration - changes glucose into ATP

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Mitochondria

Provides the energy the cell needs to move, divide, etc.

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Chloroplast

Small green organelles found only in plant cells. Contains chlorophyll, makes plant green.

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Chloroplast

Where photosynthesis takes place, how plants get energy

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Cytoskeleton

Thin tube like structure that helps maintain shape and internal structure.

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Cytoskeleton

Helps support cell organelles, helps with the movement of particles through the cytoplasm

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Centrioles

Spindle shaped organelle that produces thin fibers

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Centrioles

Move chromosomes during cell division (mitosis). Builders of cytoskeleton

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Cell wall

Thick outer wall found only in plant cells

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Cell wall

Made of cellulose, protects and supports the cell

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Cell membrane

Thin outer layer of the cell, “gates of the cell”

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Cell membrane

Allows nutrients into the cell and wastes outside of the cell.

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Ribosomes

Factories of the cell, major producer of cell parts

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Ribosomes

Site where proteins are made

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Cytoplasm

Cytoplasm is a jelly like fluid contained in the cell

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Cytoplasm

Holds the organelles in place

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DNA

Carries genetic information/ instructions for an organisms development, growth, and function

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DNA

Store genetic instructions an organism needs to survive, develop, and reproduce

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Nucleus

The control center of the cell. “Principals office”

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Nucleus

It contains the cells DNA

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Nucleous

A small dense spherical structure in the nucleus of a cell that appears during interphase

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Nucleolus

It is the site where ribosomes are made

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

endoplasmic reticulum that has ribosomes attached

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Ribosomes attached make protein that are inserted right into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane

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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

endoplasmic reticulum that has no ribosomes attached

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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

Primary functions are lipid synthesis and detoxification

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Cell respiration

Using glucose and oxygen to make energy (and water and carbon dioxide)

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Excretion

Liquid/ gas waste removal like urea and carbon dioxide

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Reproduction

Making new cells through mitosis (cell division)

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Secretion

Packaging proteins and other materials for cell use or release from cells

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Passive transport

Taking in small atoms or molecules without the use of energy

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Digestion

Breaking down large food molecules into small ones (protein → amino acids)

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Exocytosis

Solid waste removal, cannot pass through the membrane without help

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Endocytosis

Taking in large food molecules like protein or sugar

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Synthesis

Making proteins and other necessary molecules

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Circulation

Movement of proteins or other molecules around the cell

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Plasma membrane

What is another name for the cell membrane?

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phospholipid bilayer

What is the cell membrane mostly made of?

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Hydrophilic

Water loving

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Hydrophobic

Water fearing

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Peripheral protein

Protein on the outer layer of the cell membrane

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Intergal protein

Protein embedded inside the cell membrane

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Cholesterol

A hydrophobic lipid molecule that changes the fluidity of the membrane

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Glycolipid

Lipids with carbohydrate chains attached that serve as cell recognition markers

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Glycoprotein

Proteins with carbohydrate chains that can serve as cell recognition markers and can help neighboring cells interact or stick to each other

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Small nonpolar molecules

What kinds of molecules can diffuse easily through the membrane without help from a transport protein?

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Large polar molecules

What kinds of molecules cannot diffuse easily through the membrane and need help of a transport protein?

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Concentration

The amount of a substance in a given space

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Concentration gradient

The difference in the concentration of a substance between 2 areas, usually going high to low concentration

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Equilibrium

A state where the concentration of a substance is equal throughout a space

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Selectively permeable

A membrane that allows some substances to pass through but not others

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Kinetic energy

what causes diffusion?

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Water (H2O)

What molecule during osmosis moves across the membrane?

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Hypertonic

Water leaves the cell moving from high to low concentration

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Hypotonic

Water enters the cell moving from high to low concentration

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Isotonic

Water enters and exits the cell at the same rate

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Turgid

A plant cell that is swollen, in ideal state

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Plasmolysis

The shrinking of the cytoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant cell

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Cytolysis

The bursting of a cell due to excessive water entering the cell

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Cell theory

All living things are made of cells, all cells come from preexisting cells, cells are the basic unit life

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Fluid mosaic model

Cell membranes are this because although they are mostly made of phospholipids, they are made up of many parts.

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Simple diffusion

The passive movement of small non polar molecules across a membrane from an area of high concentration to low concentration

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Facilitated diffusion

Diffusion with large polar charged molecules that are assisted by transport proteins (channel or carrier proteins)

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Active transport

Transportation against a concentration gradient (requires energy)

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Pinocytosis

A form of endocytosis that moves liquid

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Phagocytosis

A type of endocytosis that moves solids using lysosomes

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Tonicity

The ability of a solution to cause a cell to gain or loose water

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Dynamic equilibrium

A state of equilibrium where the molecules keep moving while still maintaining equal

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Aquaporons

What do water molecules move through in the membrane during osmosis?

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Protist

What kingdom do the euglena and paramecium belong to?

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Flagellum

How does the euglena move through the water?

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Cilia

How does the paramecium move through the water?

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Sexual reproduction

What does the micronucleus do in the cell?

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Chloroplast

Why is the euglenas structure similar to a plant?

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contractile vacuole

How do protists maintain homeostasis?

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Plant

What kingdom does the onion root and leaf epidermis guard cell belong to?

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Water and gas exchange

What do guard cells regulate?

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Stoma

How do guard cells manage water content?

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Animal

What kingdom do nerve cells and cheek cells belong to?

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Eubacteria

What is the kingdom everyday bacteria belongs to?

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Archaebacteria

What is the kingdom extreme bacteria belong to?

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Rod, round, spiral

What are the 3 shapes of bacteria?

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Pneumonia bacteria

What type of bacteria has a strong capsule that protects it, making it hard to fight

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Botulism bacteria

What type of bacteria gives off waste that is extremely poisonous and tenses muscles?

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fermentation bacteria

What type of bacteria ferments grass causing a chemical change?

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Nitrogen fixing bacteria

What type of bacteria turns nitrogen into nitrates and is found in legumes?

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Fungi

What kingdom do mushrooms belong to?

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Chitin

What carbohydrate makes fungi closely related to animals?

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Symbiotic relationship

A close, long-term interaction between two different species, crucial for survival

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Ion channel

a protein in a cell's membrane that forms a pore, allowing specific charged ions (like Na+, K+, Ca2+, Cl-) to pass through

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Ribosomes, cell membrane, DNA, cytoplasm

4 organelles all cells have

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Centrioles, lysosomes

Organelles only animals have

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Cell wall, chloroplasts

Organelles only plants have

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Chromatin

A complex of DNA and proteins

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