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Why do cells have a minimum limit?

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Must have space for enough DNA, protein molecules, and organelles to survive & reproduce

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Why do cells have a maximum size limit?

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  • Must have enough SURFACE AREA to obtain adequate nutrients and O2 from the environment and dispose of wastes
  • Also limited by the distance that these materials will diffuse within the cell
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Cells need a large enough ______:______ ratio.

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surface area : volume

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Most cells are ______.

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Microscopic

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Our knowledge of cells depends on the development of what?

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The microscope

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What is magnification?

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The increase in the apparent size of the object

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What is resolution?

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  • The clarity of an image

- The ability to see 2 close objects as separate

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How does the light microscope work?

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By passing visible light through a specimen

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When was the light microscope first used?

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1665

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Who discovered cells?

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Robert Hooke

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By mid-1800s discoveries from light microscopes led to the _______.

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Cell theory

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What is stated in the cell theory?

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  • all living things are made of cells

- all cells come from other cells

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To what degree can LMs magnify and resolve?

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Magnify: about 1000x
Resolve: as small as 0.2 micrometers

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When was the EM first used?

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1950s

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How does an EM work?

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Uses beam of electrons to image specimens that have been sliced thin and coated with a thin film of metal

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Which had better resolution: EM or LM?

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EM was much better

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EM helped to discover cell _______.

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Ultrastructure

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EMs cannot be used to study _________.

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Living specimens

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2 types of electron microscopes are: ____&____.

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Scanning EM and Transmission EM

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What does the scanning EM do?

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Study detail of cell surfaces

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What does the transmission EM do?

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Study detail of internal cell structure

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2 different types of light microscopy:

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Differential interference-contrast
and
Fluorescent confocal

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What does differential interference-contrast do?

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  • Can see density differences

- Can use living specimen

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What does fluorescent confocal do?

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Specific molecules are tagged with fluorescent dyes

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What are the 4 life processes in eukaryotic cells that depend on structures and organelles?
- Manufacturing - Breakdown of molecules - Energy processing - Structural support, movement, communication
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What organelles is manufacturing dependent on?
Nucleus, Ribosome, ER, Golgi apparatus
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What organelles is breakdown of molecules dependent on?
Lysosomes, Vacuoles, Peroxisomes
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What organelles is energy processing dependent on?
Mitochondria, Chloroplasts
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What organelles are structural support, movement, and communication dependent on?
Cytoskeleton, Cell wall, Plasma membrane
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Lysosomes and centrioles are NOT found in ____ cells.
Plant
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A rigid cell wall, chloroplasts, and a central vacuole are not found in _____ cells.
Animal
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______ form a 2 layer sheet called the _______.
Phospholipids, phospholipid bilayer
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_______ heads face outward, toward the H2O.
Hydrophilic
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______ tails face inward, away from the H2O.
Hydrophobic
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What are attached to the surface of/sometimes embedded in the phospholipid bilayer?
Proteins
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The _____ controls the cell's activities and is responsible for inheritance.
Nucleus
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_____ makes up chromosomes.
Chromatin
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Inside of the ______ is a complex of proteins and DNA called chromatin.
Nucleus
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What is copied in the nucleus prior to (in order for) cell division?
DNA
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What is the nuclear envelope?
Double membrane with pores that allow material to flow in and out of the nucleus
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The nuclear envelope is attached to the _____, a network of cellular membranes.
Endoplasmic Reticulum
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What makes the cell's proteins?
Ribosomes
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Ribosomes are made in the _____.
Nucleolus | which is inside the nucleus
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Cells that must _____ have a lot of ribosomes.
create lots of protein
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Ribosomes may be _____ or _____.
free or bound
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_____ ribosomes: suspended in the cytoplasm
free
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_____ ribosomes: attached to the ROUGH ER
bound
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The membranes within a eukaryotic cell are physically connected and compose the _____.
Endomembrane system
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Which organelles make up the endomembrane system?
Nuclear envelope, ER, Golgi, Lysosomes, Vacuole, Plasma membrane
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_____ ER lacks ribosomes.
Smooth
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_____ ER: synthesis of lipids; detoxification of drugs/poisons
Smooth
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_____ ER has ribosomes.
Rough
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_____ ER: synthesis of additional membrane for itself and proteins
Rough
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Transport vesicles take products from the _____ to the _____.
ER to the Golgi
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Products are modified as they move through the _____.
Golgi
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What is a membranous sac containing DIGESTIVE enzymes?
Lysosome
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_____ isolates potent enzymes from the rest of the cell.
Lysosome membrane
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Lysosomes _____ or _____ damaged parts of a cell.
Remove, Recycle
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What are vacuoles?
Membranous sacs with a variety of functions: - Central vacuole in plants - Pigment vacuoles in plants provide color to flowers - Contractile vacuoles (in some protists) expel water from the cell
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2 functions of peroxisomes:
- Breaks down lipids | - Detoxification of harmful substances
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Peroxisomes are similar to the _____.
Smooth ER
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Cellular respiration occurs in the _____.
Mitochondria
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_____ converts chemical energy in foods to chemical energy in ATP
Cellular respiration
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Mitochondria have _____ internal compartments.
2
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Chloroplasts are the sites of _____ within plant cells
Photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis converts _____ energy to _____ energy of sugar molecules
Light, Chemical
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Chloroplasts have these 2 compartments within them:
- Stacks of grana | - Cytoplasm-like stroma
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What is a network of protein fibers that extend throughout the cytoplasm?
Cytoskeleton
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How does the cytoskeleton function like a support skeleton?
By providing - structural support - cell motility
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What are the 3 types of cytoskeleton fibers?
- Microfilament - Intermediate filament - Microtubules
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Solid rods, composed mainly of globular actin proteins, arranged in a twisted double chain
Microfilament
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Made of various fibrous proteins composed in a ropelike structure
Intermediate filament
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Straight, hollow tubes composed of globular tubulin proteins
Microtubules
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2 functions of microfilaments
- Support the cell's shape | - Involved in motility
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2 functions of intermediate filaments
- Reinforce cell shape | - Anchor organelles
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2 functions of microtubules
- Shape the cell | - Act as tracks for motor protein (cilia & flagella)
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_____ and _____ both aid in cell locomotion
Cilia and Flagella
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Short, numerous, work together like coordinated oars of a rowing team
Cilia
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Longer, limited to one or a few per cell, propel the cell in a whip-like motion
Flagella
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What line the respiratory tract and act to sweep debris out?
Cilia
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What are part of sperm cells, allowing them to propel forward?
Flagella
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Cilia and flagella move when _____ bend.
Microtubules
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_____ and _____ are made of microtubules wrapped in an extension of the plasma membrane.
Cilia and Flagella
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What is the ratio of | microtubule doublets : central microtubules?
9 microtubule doublets : 2 central microtubules
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The 9 + 2 pattern of surrounding and central microtubules are anchored in a _____.
Basal body

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