Eukaryotes Flashcards
(46 cards)
What is the cell surface membrane made of?
Phospholipid bilayer
What is made of a phospholipid bilayer?
Cell surface membrane
What does the cell surface membrane do?
Controls what enters the cell / is selectively permeable
What structure controls what enters the cell?
Cell surface membrane
How can the cell surface membrane increase surface area?
It can be folded
What does the nucleus contain?
Genetic material / DNA
What structure contains genetic material / DNA?
Nucleus
What does the nucleus control?
Cell activity
What structure controls cell activity?
Nucleus
What is the nucleus surrounded by?
Nuclear envelope and pores
What has a nuclear envelope and pores?
Nucleus
What form is DNA in within the nucleus?
Chromosomes / Chromatin / DNA with histones
Where is DNA with histones found?
Nucleus
What is found in the nucleus and produces ribosomes?
Nucleolus / Nucleoli
What is the nucleus a code for?
Polypeptides
What process involving DNA occurs in the nucleus?
DNA replication
Where are mRNA and tRNA produced?
Nucleus (Transcription occurs)
What else is produced in the nucleus?
rRNA / Ribosomes
What is the function of mitochondria?
Site of aerobic respiration and ATP production
What is the site of aerobic respiration?
Mitochondria
What organelle produces ATP?
Mitochondria
What do chloroplasts contain?
Thylakoids stacked into granum
What is the site of photosynthesis?
Chloroplasts
What does the Golgi apparatus do?
Modifies / packages / sorts proteins and produces vesicles