Biology Flashcards

(48 cards)

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Packages and transports proteins from the ER to other parts of the cell

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The Golgi Apparatus

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Produces Protein in the cell

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Ribosomes

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3
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Carries enzymes that break down stuff in the cell

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Lysosomes

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4
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Creates most of the energy within the cell

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Mitochondria

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5
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What do plant cells have that animal cells don’t?

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Cell Wall, Chloroplasts, Large Central Vacuole

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6
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List what kingdom you’ll find Eukaryotes

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Animal, Plants, and Fungi

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7
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List what kingdom you’ll find Prokaryotes

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Bacteria

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Whats the difference between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

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Eukaryotes are cells with membrane bound organelles while Prokaryotes are cells without it

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9
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What is essentially the ‘brain’ of the cell?

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The Nucleus

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10
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True or False: Only animal cells have a Nucleus

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False

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11
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Can Breathe, Eat, and Grow

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Living Things

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self-regulating process by which a living organism can maintain internal stability while adjusting to changing external conditions

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Homeostasis

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Organism definition

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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

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14
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Another word for breathing

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Respiration

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15
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The process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.

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Excretion

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What is the Cell Theory

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Cells are the basic unit of life, all living things are made up of cells, and all cells come from other cells. Cells cannot spontaneously generate, or arise from non-living matter.

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The membrane found in all cells that separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment

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Plasma membrane

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The fluid present in the cell and is a constituent of the cytoplasm

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Cytosol

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19
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What does DNA stand for and what is it?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid is the molecule that carries genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism.

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20
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Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.

21
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A plasmid is___?

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A small circular DNA molecule found in bacteria and some other microscopic organisms

22
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Any biological cell forming the body of a multicellular organism

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Somatic Cells

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Mitosis?

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The process by which a cell replicates its chromosomes and then segregates them, producing two identical nuclei in preparation for cell division

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Another name for a reproductive cell

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Type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in gametes
Miosis
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A type of asexual reproduction typically observed in prokaryotes and a few single-celled eukaryotes.
Binary Fission
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Vesicle
A small fluid-filled bladder, sac, cyst, or vacuole within the body.
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A structure that helps cells maintain their shape and internal organization
Cytoskeleton
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_____________ can occur both aerobically (using oxygen), or anaerobically (without oxygen). During _____________, glucose reacts with oxygen, forming ATP that can be used by the cell.
Aerobic Ceullar Respiraton
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The name of the green pigment that plants use to make food during a process called photosynthesis
Chlorophyll
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Definition of Surface area
The surface area of a solid object is a measure of the total area that the surface of the object occupies
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Compartmentalisation
The division of something into sections or categories.
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Located or occurring within a cell or cells.
Intercellular
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If Intercellular is inside then what is Extracellular?
Situated or taking place outside a cell or cells.
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Semipermeable membrane can be described as...?
Seletective Permeability
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A group of polar lipids.
Phospholipid
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Two layers of phospholipids with their tails pointing inward
Phospholipids Bilayer
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Difference between Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic
Hydrophobic repels, Hydrophilic attracts
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Polar and Non-Polar?
Attracts and Repels
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Permanently attached to the biological membrane
Integral Protein
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Transmembrane Protein
Type of integral membrane protein that spans the entirety of the cell membrane.
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A group of biologically active molecules formed from amino acids which interact.
Peripheral Protein
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A type of complex lipids comprising carbohydrates, fatty acids, sphingolipids or a glycerol group.
Glycolipids
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Proteins which contain oligosaccharide chains covalently attached to amino acid side-chains.
Glycoprotein
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Cholesterol
A waxy substance found in your blood
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Fluid Mosaic Model
Describes the structure of the cell membrane as a dynamic, flexible structure made up of different components.
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Glycerol
A naturally occurring alcohol
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The building blocks of the fat in our bodies and in the food we eat.
Fatty Acid