Cell Theory
States that: A cell is the smallest unit of life that makes up all living things. Cells can only come from preexisting cells.
Prokaryotic cells
Don’t have a nucleus or plasma-bound organelles
Grows by binary fission and reproduces using conjunction pili.
Eukaryotic cells
Have a nucleus (a plasma sack with DNA) and plasma-bound organelles (lysosomes and vacuoles) Grows by mitosis and reproduces using meiosis
Cell membrane
Forms a boundary to control what goes in or out of a cell.
Cytoplasm
Biological goo with monosaccarides
Ribosomes
Reads mRNA and makes protien
DNA
Prokaryotic: Circular Plasmid
Eukaryotic: Linear Straight
Cell wall
Only fungi and plants
Flagella
For movement both cell type have this, but in eukarya its just sperm cells
Plasma membrane
controls what goes in or out of the cell
Phospholipids
The most important part of the plasma membrane that has a bond at the tails causing a bilayer that allows water to cross pass.
Proteins
Controls what can cross the plasma membranes
Channel protein
Makes the molecule a specific hole for a particle to pass through the membrane
Pump protein
Uses ATP to move big molecules like glucose
Cell recognition protein
Helps the immune system
Receptor protein
binds molecules
Charbohydrates
help the immune system know self from nonself
Cholesterol
Keeps plasma membrane stable
Fluid mosaic model
Explains how the plasma membrane functions
Simple diffusin
Moving from an area of high concentration to low concentration without using any ATP
Facilitated diffusion
Moving from high concentration to low concentration with a protein and no ATP energy (Faster)
Active Transport
Using ATP to move things
Endocytosis
Cell brings in a lot of molecules all at one time. The cell does this by using the cell membrane to pinch inward to make a vesicle
Phagocytosis
When a cell eats another organism
Exocytosis
Moving a lot of molecules out of a cell at one time
Organelle
Tiny organ inside a cell with a specific function
Nucleus
Plasma membrane sack of DNA. DNA can’t leave the nucleus
mRNA
Messenger RNA which can leave the nucleus
Endomembrane system
Plasma membrane-bound organelles inside the cell
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Ribosome attached membrane sack for protein folding
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Plasma membrane sack that makes lipids and detoxifies cells
Golgi Apparatus
Folding proteins
Lysosome
Enzyme responsible for breaking down engulfed particles and old organelles.
Vacule
Storing stuff i.e. Lipids and water
Cytoskeleton
Organelles giving cells their shape and structure
Microtubule
Protein rods that are made to be a highway for the motor proteins
Filament
Protein rod near cell membrane which helps give shape as well as muscle contractions
Motor Proteins
Move molecules across the cell (Each Step uses 1 ATP energy Molecule)
Energy Cells/System
Organelles making energy molecules
Chloroplast
Has 3 separate membranes and has its own DNA separate from the nucleus. This organ preforms photo synthesis
Mitochondrion
Has 2 separate membranes and has its own DNA separate from the nucleus. This cell performs Aerobic Cellular Respiration by turning glucose into ATP energy
Endosymbiosis Theory
Explains why some eukaryotic cells have chloroplasts and mitochondrion organelles
Brownian Motion Theory
All molecules are constantly moving and go from high to low concentration without using energy (simple diffusion)
Osmosis
Water moving
Green tube experiment
Water moves from low concentration to high causing osmosis
Isotonic
Same solute: water ratio on the inside and outside of the cell.
Hypertonic
One solution has more solute causing the water to flow out of the cells making them shrivel and die
Hypotonic
One solution has less solute and more water this is because the water flows into the cell. Plant cells will stay healthy, but animal cells will pop/burst.
Antibiotic
A chemical that kills prokaryotic and bacteria cells
Energy
Capacity to do work
Kinetic Energy
Motion energy
Potential Energy
Stored Energy
ATP
Adenine triphosphate most common form of energy
Thermodynamics
Energy laws that all biological systems follow
Law number 1
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can change from one form to another.
Law number 2
Energy cannot change from one for to another without loss of usable energy (Heat)
Cellular Motabolism
All chemical reactions inside a cell
Metabolic Pathway
Specific sequence of enzymes turning inputs into outputs
Big Theme
Biological systems are lazy and want to do the most work with the least amount of effort
Enzyme
protein with a specific shape that if broken won’t work anymore.
Denature
Changing the shape of an enzyme. Things that can cause denature are: Heat, pH, Salt/salinity
Catabolic
Bond breaking
Anabolic
Bond Making
Lactuse
Breaks lactose disaccharide into a monosaccharide
Trypsin
Turns milk protein casein into a morphine analog