Cells And Life Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Theodor Schwann

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Used a microscope to study animal cells

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Robert Hooke

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an English scientist that built a microscope

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3
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Matthias Schleiden

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Used a microscope to look at plant cells

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4
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Rudolf Virchow

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Discovered that all cells are made from preexisting cells

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5
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Cell theory

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States that all living things are made of one or more cells

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6
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Lipids

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A large macromolecule that doesn’t dissolve in water

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7
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Carbohydrates

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Store energy

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8
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Rna

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Nucleic acids

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9
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DNA

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Ribonucleic acid

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10
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Nucleic acids

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Are macromolecules that form with long chains

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11
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Proteins

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Are long chains of amino acid molecules

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12
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Macromolecules

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Are made when small molecules form together

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13
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Cellulose

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a carbohydrate and structural component of plants

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14
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Prokaryotic cells

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They are not surrounded by a membrane

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15
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Cilia

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tiny, hair-like organelles that extend from the surface of cells and perform a variety of functions in the body

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16
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Cell membrane

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Protects the inside of a cell

17
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Organelles

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Are surrounded by a cell membrane

18
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Cytoskeleton

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Is a network of threadlike proteins that are joined together

19
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Cell wall

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A stiff structure outside the cell membrane

20
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Cytoplasm

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A fluid inside a cell that contains salts and other molecules

21
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Eukaryotic cells

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Plants,animals,fungi,and protists are all made of eukaryotic cells

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Flagella

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hair-like appendages that help organisms move:

23
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Lysosomes

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membrane-bound organelles found in eukaryotic cells

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ER

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Spreads the nucleus throughout most of the cytoplasm

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Vacuoles
Are organelles that store food
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Nucleus
Is part of the eukaryotic cell that directs activities
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Nucleolus
Makes ribosomes, organelles that are involved in protein
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Golgi apparatus
Prepares proteins for their specific jobs
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ATP
Is the fuel for cellular processes
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Vesicles
Transport substances from one place to another
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Chloroplasts
Are membrane bound organelles
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Ribosomes
Move in and out through the nucleus
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Passive transport
Movement of substances
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Cellular respiration
A serious of chemical reactions that convert energy to food molecules
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Fermentation
A reaction that eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells can use
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Photosynthesis
A series of chemical reactions that convert light energy into food energy