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What is the function of the surface area in a cell?

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It determines the amount of substances that can pass the cell boundary per unit time.

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What is the function of volume in a cell?

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It determines the amount of chemical activity in the cell per unit time

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Prokaryotic cells are a part of which domains?

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Bacteria and Archaea

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In Bacteria and Archaea, what are the characteristics of the organisms?

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-Unicellular
-Lack of internal compartments
-nucleus that is not membrane-bound (nucleoid)

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What is the domain of eukaryotic cells?

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Eukarya

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What are the 4 kingdoms of Eukarya?

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Protist , Plants, Fungi and Animal

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What are the characteristics of the organisms in Eukarya?

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-Unicellular or multicellular
-Many membrane-bound compartments
-Has a nucleus

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What do all prokaryotic cells have (constitution)?

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-Plasma membrane
-Nucleoid region with one circular strand of DNA
-Cytoplasm containing dissolved enzymes, water, and small molecules
-70S (small) ribosomes for making proteins

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What do most prokaryotes have?

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-Cell wall (outside the plasma membrane) made of peptidoglycan

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What do some prokaryotes have?

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-Outer membrane (outside the cell wall)
-Caspsule (outside cell wall or outer membrane)
-Photosynthetic pigments (i.e., cyanobacteria)

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What are flagella made for and made of?

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-Cause movement of the cell
-Made of flagellin

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What are pili for?

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Help bacteria adhere to one another, to other cells, or to environmental surfaces

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What differentiates eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic cells?

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-Much larger (10X)
-Have organelles

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What are the 2 main cells?

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Animal and plant cells

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What is usually the biggest organelle in the eukaryotic cell?

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nucleus

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What surrounds the nucleus?

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The nuclear envelope (phospholipid bilayer)

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Where in the nucleus are ribosomes made?

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Nucleolus

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17
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Which size are the eukaryotic ribosomes?

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80S

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18
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What are ribosomes made of?

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RNA and proteins

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Where can ribosomes be found?

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Free-floating or attached to RER

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20
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What the job of nuclear pores?

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Control what goes in and out of the cell

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21
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Which organelles have DNA?

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Nucleus (most of DNA), mitochondria and chloroplast

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22
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DNA associates with protein to form what?

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Chromatin

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What does chromatin do?

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It condenses to form chromosomes when getting ready for cell division

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What constitutes the endomembrane system?

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-All membranes
- Plasma membrane
- Nuclear envelope
- Endoplasmic reticulum
- Golgi apparatus
- lysosomes

25
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Why is the rough endoplasmic reticulum described as “rough”?

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It has 80S ribosomes on its surface (since ribosomes means make proteins)

26
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What is the RER’s role in the cell?

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  • Make proteins
  • Modify proteins
  • Fold proteins
  • Transport proteins to other regions
27
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What is SER’s role in the cell?

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  • Make lipids
  • Some detoxification
28
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What composes the Golgi apparatus?

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  • flattened sacs (cisternae)
  • Small vesicles
29
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What does the Golgi apparatus do?

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  • Receives proteins from RER and modifies them more
  • Packages and sorts proteins
  • In plants, uses polysaccharides to make cell walls
30
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What happens in the cis region of the Golgi apparatus?

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Receives vesicles

31
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What happens in the trans region of the Golgi apparatus?

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Releases vesicles

32
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What happens in the lysosomes?

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There are digestive enzymes that hydrolyze macromolecules into monomers

33
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Where are primary lysosomes made?

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In the Golgi apparatus

34
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How does food come in the molecule?

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Food (from outside of the molecule) enters the cell by phagocytosis, forming a phagosome

35
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How are secondary lysosomes formed?

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Phagosomes + primary lysosome=secondary lysosome

36
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What is the meaning of exocytosis?

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Getting wastes out of the cell

37
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Facts about mitochondria:

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  • double-membrane bound
  • 1 circular strand of DNA
  • 70S ribosomes
  • Makes ATP
38
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What is ATP?

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An energy-rich molecule

39
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In what organisms can chloraplast be found?

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Plants and photosynthetic protists

40
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Facts about chloroplast:

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  • Double-membrane bound
  • One circular strand of DNA
  • Do phostosynthesis
41
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Where can vacuoles be found and what are they for?

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They can be found in plants and alga cells and they store water in the cells

42
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What is the cytoskeleton for?

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Provides:
- strength
- shape
- movement

43
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What are the proteins that compose the cytoskeleton?

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  • Microfilaments
  • Intermediate filaments
  • Microtubules
44
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What are microfilaments made of and what are their role?

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  • Made of actin
  • Provide movement and strengthen the cellular structure
45
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What are intermadiate filaments made of and what are their role?

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  • Made of keratin
  • Provide strength to the cell attachments
46
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What are microtubules made of and what are their role?

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  • Made of tubulin
  • Provide movement (push and pulling)
47
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How are cilia and flagella made?

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Microtubules in a 9+2 pattern

48
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How are cilia and flagella anchored on the cell?

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With a basal body made of microtubules in a “9triplets”

49
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What type of movement does cilia provide?

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short stiff power strokes

50
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What type of movement does flagella provide?

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Snake-like movement

51
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What composes centrioles?

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“9triplets” of microtubules

52
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What is the role of centrioles in the cell?

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Formation of the mitotic spindle

53
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What is called a pair of centrioles?

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Centrosome

54
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Where do chromosomes attach during cell division?

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mitotic spindle

55
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What is extracellular matrix?

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Anything that is outside the cell

56
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What is the extracellular matrix for the plant?

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Cell wall made of cellulose

57
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Fungi’s cell wall are made of what?

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Chitin

58
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How are cell walls important for water organisms?

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Helps withstand high osmotic pressure

59
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What is the extracellular matrix of animals?

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Protein collagen and other glycoproteins

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