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What’s a eukaryotic cell

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Cells that contain a nucleus

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What’s a eukaryote

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An organism that is made of of eukaryotic cells eg an elephant

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What’s are prokaryotic cells

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Single called organisms that do not contain a nucleus

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What’s a prokaryote

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Prokaryotic organisms (bacteria)

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What’s dna

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The genetic information found in all living organisms

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What’s a ribosome

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A small cell organelle in the cytoplasm where proteins are made

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What’s reparation

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The release of energy from glucose

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What’s multicellular

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Organisms made of of more than one type of cell

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What type of cells are animals and plants made of

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Eukaryotic cells

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What type of cells are bacteria

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Prokaryotic

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What are prokaryotic cells like

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Single celled

No nucleus

Smaller than eukaryotic cells

Have small rings of Dna (plasmid)

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What size do individual bacterial cells range from

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1μm - 10μm

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How many μm (micrometres) make a metre

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1 million

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How many μm make a millimetre

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1 thousand

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What evolved first and why, prokaryotes or eukaryotes

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Prokaryotes as they are missing some parts eukaryotes have

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When is it believed prokaryotes first appeared

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3.5 billion years ago

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What’s the cytoplasm

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The fluid part of cell inside membrane

Mainly Water

Holds components such as ribosomes

Most chemical reactions take place here

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What’s the cell wall(in bacteria)

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It’s provides supports, unlike plants - it’s not made of cellulose. It’s found on outside of cell membrane

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What’s the single DNA loop on bacteria

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Dna not arranged in complex chromosomes or held in nucleus

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What’s the plasmid in bacteria

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Small circular sections of Dna, that provide genetic variation for bacteria

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What’s the cell membrane in bacteria

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Controls substances going in and out of cell, internal extensions that have enzymes attached to them so respiration can occur in enzymes

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What’s a ribosome in bacteria

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Proteins made by ribosomes - found in cytoplasm

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What’s diffusion

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The net movement of particles from an area of high concentration to a lower concentration

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What’s an organelle

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A part of a cell with a specific function

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What's a chromosome
A structure containing dna
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What are mitochondrian
A small cell organelle in which respiration occurs - found in cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells
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What's photosynthesis
A chemical reaction that occurs in chloroplasts of plants and algae, and stores energy in glucose Light energy from sun converts carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen and so is an energy source
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What's turgid
Describes swollen cells
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Can plant and animal cells be multicellular or unicellular
Both lol
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The cytoplasm is found in ...
Bacteria cells Animal cells
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What does the cell membrane do
Controls substances being moved by diffusion, many cells need glucose or oxygen for respiration
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What do mitochondria do?
Have stored energy in glucose which is released for 7 processes of life - without mitochondria there would be no energy and cell would die They have many folds in them so they have a large surface area to increase rate of ernergy release
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What's do ribosomes do
Ribosomes are the site of protein synthesis in cytoplasm
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How are animal cells different to bacterial cells
Animal cells unlike bacteria have processes in the nucleus, the nucleus controls activities of cell in animals
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What's parts to animal cells have in common with plant cells
A nucleus Mitochondria Ribosomes
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What are the organelles that plants only have
Chloroplasts Cell wall Vacuole
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What are chloroplast
They are full of chlorophyll to absorb light for photosynthesis
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What's the cell wall in plants
Made of cellulose Provides structure to catch light energy
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What's the vacuole
It's a storage area filled with sap to keep cell turgid
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What are plants often green
They contain green chlorophyll
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What's biconcave
It. Describes a shape that dip curves inwards on both sides
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What are ova (ovum singular)
Eggs
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What's an axon
The extension on a nerve fell along which electrical impulses travel
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What the myelin sheath
The insulating cover on the axon on a nerve cell, it's speeds up the electrical impulse
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What's a xylem
Dead plant cells joined together into long tubes through which water flows during transpiration
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What's transpiration
The gradual release of water vapour from leaves to continue the pull of water up to them from the soil
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What's a phloem
Living cells that carry sugars made in photosynthesis to all cells of a plant
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What's translocation
The movement of Tigard made in photosynthesis from the leaves of plants
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Tell me about red blood cells and how they a re adapted/specialised
They have a biconcave shape so more oxygen can be absorbed more quickly They have no nucleus so they have more space to absorb oxygen
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Tell me about sperm cells and how they are adapted/ specialised
Have a tail to help them swim towards ovum Have a Relatively large amount of mitochondria to release energy from glucose during respiration
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Tell about the nerve cell and how's it's adapted/ specialised
Have extensions (axons) to keep impulses moving quickly Axon surrounded by myelin sheath acting like a plastic cost on a wide to insulate impulse
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What's the purpose of nerve cells
Nerve impulses (electrical signals) trvael along nerve cells in the nervous system
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Tell me a bit about the nervous system
Made of 2 parts central nervous system (Cns) which is made of brain and spinal cord Them there the peripheral nervous system (pns) which is all other nerve cells that connect to Cns but spread out through body
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Tell be about muscle cells and how they are specialised
They are specialised so they can contract and move different parts of the body They have large numbers of mitochondria as muscle contraction requires a lot of energy
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How many types of muscle are ther
3 Smooth, cardiac, skeletal
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Tell me about root hair cells and how they are adapted
FOUND IN PLANTS Have a small thin with one which pokes out into soil to increase surface area root is in contact with soil so more water and nutrients can be absorbed
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Tell me about a xylem cell and how they are specialised
In plants They are cells that from long tubes running along the stems of plants They carry water and dissolved minerals from roots to other areas of plants(green areas) In day for photosynthesises, xylem tubes are made of dead cells with no end walls and no content to hollow Have reinforced side walls to support weight of plant - side walls are strengthened by lignin
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Tell me about phloem cells and how they are specialised
They carry the glucose (as sucrose) made in photosynthesis from leave to other parts in cell sap(translocation) Sugar used in respiration Phloem cells are living Have specialised end walls called sieve plates which have small holes Phloem cells are arranged with xylem cells to form bundles which make up the veins Visible in a leaf
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Tell me about cell differentiation
After generalised cells are formed they become specialised as an organism develops Unlike animal cells, most plant cells retain ability to differentiate throughout their lifetime - we would not be able to take plant cutting without this
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What's an electron microscope
A microscope that uses electron beams in place of life to give higher mangification
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What's an electron
A negatively charged subatomic particle found in surrounded shells of nucleus in an atom
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What's resolution
The smallest distance between 2 separate points
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What's the eye piece lens
You look through this to see your sample- often 10x
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What's the objective lens
Usually 3 to choose from , 5x,10x,25x
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What's the stage
This holds the sample securely often using 2 metal clips
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What's the specimen
This is usually placed in a drop of water or stain on a microscope slide under a very thin glass cover slip
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What's the mirror
This reflects the light up through the sample and then the objective and eye piece lens into you eye, sometimes replaced by light source
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What's theCoarse focus
This quickly and easily moves the stage up and down to focus on sample
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What's the fine focus
This sensitively and slowly moves the stage up and down to allow you to make image her sharp
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How do you work out goal magnification
Total magnification = magnification do eye piece X magnification of objective
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What triangle do you need to remember ?
I A x m I on top of triangle A + m on bottom I= image size A= actual size M=magnification
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Tell me about electron microscopes
They use electrons in place of light, the wavelength of electron can be up to 100,000 times smaller than that of visible light So images can be taken at a lot Higher magnification
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What are the 2 types of electron microscopes
Transmission electron telescope Scanning electron telescope
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Tell me about the transmission microscope
They fire a large been of electrons through a very thin slice of specimen Not all electrons pass through the specimen, image only made of electrons that do
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Tell me about the scanning microscope
Fire a smaller beam of electrons and scans across whole image but not all at same time, the electrons scatter from surface of sample and are detected tk make an image Images can look three dimensional
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What are images in electron micropscopes like
Black and white but some scurried colour then for a more striking look
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Compare electron to light microscopes
Electron microscopes can magnify much more and have a greater resolution The wavelength of light mean the maximum resolution of a light microscope is 200nm 1million manometres (nm) = 1mm The electron microscope can resolve up to 2000 times closer than a light micropscope at a seperation of 0.1nm

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