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Cells Study Flashcards

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What are the 6 basic functions of living things?

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~ Grow and Develop
~ Have Cells 
~ Share Similar Chemicals
~ Reproduction
~ Sence and Respond to Change 
~ Take and Use Energy
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What are the basic needs of living things?

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Food, Water, Homeostasis, and Living Space.

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What is Homeostasis?

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Allows organisms to maintain stable conditions inside the body for cell functions.

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All living things are…

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Made of one or more cells.

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Cells are the…

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Smallest working unit of living things.

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All cells come from…

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Other preexisting cells from cell division.

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What is the function of the Chroloplasts?

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Convert sunlight into energy for the plant cell.

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What is the cell wall?

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The major barrier protecting the plant cell

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What is the Cell membrane?

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The encounter around the cell. Controls what molecules enter and exit the cell.

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What is the Cytoplasm

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Keeps the organelles in place. Helps dissolve nutrients.

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Whats is the nuclear membrane?

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Allows certain things to pass in and out of the nucleus.

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What is the Nucleus?

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“Barin of the Cell” Manages the activity of the cell. HOme of the DNA.

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What is the Chromatin?

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The genetic material for the cell.

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What is the Nucleolus?

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The largest structure in the nucleus. MAKES THE RIBOSOMES.

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What are the Ribosomes?

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A protein builder for the cell.

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16
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What is the Vacuole?

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Maintains a balanced PH level in the cell. Stores waste products/ storage unit.

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What are the Lysosomes?

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” Waste management” Breaks down waste into compounds that are used for simpler use by other organelles.

18
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What are the Smooth ER and Rough ER? What are the differences?

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Makes and moves all of the chemical compounds both to and from the nucleus. RER: Has ribosomes. SER: No ribosomes: Transports the proteins.

19
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What are the Mitochondria?

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Changes the sugar brought into the cell into energy and nutrients.

20
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What is the Golgi body?

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Changes fats and proteins inside the cell. Gets them ready to be moved out of the cell or stored.

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