Unit bio test Flashcards
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The basic structural and functional units of life
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Cells
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Contain a nucleus and other organelles which are bound by a membrane
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Eukaryotic cells
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An organelle that contains DNA and proteins
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True nucleus
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Cells with free floating proteins and DNA
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Prokaryotic cells
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Loose bundle of DNA found in prokaryotes
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Nucleoid
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A scientific took that magnifies small things to make them appear bigger
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Microscope
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The basic structural and functional unit of life
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Cell
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What is the cell theory
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- All living things are made of cells
- Cells are the smallest unit of life
- Cells pass their DNA off to their offspring
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Was developed and electrons and magnets to scan an imagine
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Scanning electron microscope
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Tiny organ
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Organelle
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Boundary that controls what enters and leaves the cell
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Plasma membrane
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Allows some substances to pass through while keeping others out
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Selectively permeable
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Has two layers of phospholipids
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Phospholipid bilayer
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Embedded in the plasma membrane which help move substances and waste into and out of the cell
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Transport proteins
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The semi fluid material inside the plasma membrane that contains the organelles
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Cytoplasm
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A frame work for the cells that holds the organelles together within the cell
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Cytoskeleton
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The organelles that produce protein
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Ribosomes
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The area within the nucleus that produces protein
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Nucleolus
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A membrane system that serves to synthesize proteins and lipids
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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Has ribosomes, makes protein
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Rough ER
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Does not have ribosomes and makes lipids
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Smooth ER
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Acts like a post office and is a flattened stack of membranes that packages proteins into tinier sacs called vesicles
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Golgi body
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Small sac that acts like a mailman, it carriers proteins and lipids out of the cell
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Vesicle
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Vesicle that acts like recycler, it breaks down old organelles and proteins then releases the material to be re made
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Lysosomes
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Small microtubules that help the cells divide when a cell undergoes mitosis
Centrioles
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The powerhouse of the cell, it breaks down the sugars into energy
Mitochondria
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Plant cells that take in sunlight to produce chemical energy called photosynthesis
Chloroplasts
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Thick, ridgid structure around the plants cells membrane that protects the cell
Cell wall
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Found in both plants and animals, but in plants the organelle is swollen for storing water, enzymes, and food
Vacuole
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Short hair like structure that provides motion for cells
Cilia
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Longer and less numerous than cilia, but serve the same purpose, they help the cell move
Flagella
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Cells with free floating proteins and DNA
Prokaryotic cells
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A tail like structure for movement
Flagellum
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A ridging structure of carbohydrate that form a protective boarder
Cell walls
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A gel like fluid which holds the cell together
Cytoplasm
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Genetic material
DNA
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Structures that produce proteins
Ribosomes
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A barrier surrounding the cell made of lipids
Plasma membrane
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Small circular rings of DNA used to replicate and store prokaryotes information
Plasmids
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Have the purpose of addherring the bacteria to surfaces to keep them in place
Capsules
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Made of 70% water, dissolved sugars, fats, amino acids, and minerals
Cytosol
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Made of water
Agueous solution
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Smallest functional and structural units of life, being composed of mini organs which we call organelles
Cells
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Groups of cells that join together to form complex shapes and fulfil the same purpose
Tissues
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Made of different tissues, but the tissues join together to perform more complex tasks
Organs
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Collaboration of multiple organs with different functions that work together to perform larger tasks
Organ system
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Anything that meets the 7 characteristics of life
Organism
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Organisms that form due to the symbiotic relationship between algae
Lichens
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What jobs do the tissues have
Muscle-moves
Connective-connects tissues
Nervous-sends signals
Epithelial-protects organs
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The movement of materials into and out of the cell
Cellular transport
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Selectively permeable, which means it allows some substances to pass through while keeping others out
Plasma membrane
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Has two layers of phospholipids
Phospholipid bilayer
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The phospholipid bilayer structure is made of what
Hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tails
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Water loving
Hydrophilic
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Water fearing
Hydrophobic
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Difference in amount of molecules on either side of the cell, molecules naturally want to move down the what
Concentration gradient
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When the amount of particles that enter and exit the cell are equal
Equilibrium
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Material move down the concentration gradient
Passive transport
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Material move against the concentration gradient
Active transport
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Movement of particles across the plasm membrane without the use or energy
Passive transport
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Movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration across the membrane
Diffusion
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Transport protein moves a molecule across the plasma membrane without the use of energy
Facilitated diffusion
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Passive diffusion of water across a membrane
Osmosis
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Equal amounts of salt both inside and outside of the cell, water will move equally into and out of the cell
Isotonic solution
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More salts outside of the cell than inside causing the water to exit the cell
Hypertonic solution
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There is more salt inside of the cell, as water rushes into the cell, the cell begins to swell and it eventually pops
Hypotonic solution
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Transport proteins use energy to move molecules through the cell membrane
Active transport
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Move molecules through the membrane
Transport proteins
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When the cell envelopes molecules, transferring them to the inside of the cell
Endocytosis
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The cell releases molecules from inside the cell to the outside, this process uses vesicles
Exosytosis
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Known as cell drinking because the cell engulfs water and absorbs it into the cell
Pinocytosis
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Engulfing and consumption of other cells
Phagocytosis
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What kind of molecules do you want to move for the cell
Unhealthy
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Plant cells are able to capture sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water in order to create sugars
Photosynthesis
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Where does photosynthesis occur
Chloroplast
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Process by which sugars are converted to chemical energy in the mitochondria
Cellular respiration
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An energy storage molecule which acts like a currency for the cell
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
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Process by which a cell takes in chemicals, without the use of oxygen, and with heat in order to synthisize sugar
Chemosynthesis
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Process by which cells get energy from sugars without oxygen
Fermentation
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Steps of photosynthesis
1.light excites electrons
2.electrons produce NAD+ which is a energy storage molecule
3. NAD+ gets converted to ATP
4.ATP is used to make glucose which is what we eat
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Plant cells are able to capture sunlight, carbon dioxide, and waters in order to create sugars
Photosynthesis
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Plant cells are able to capture sunlight, carbon dioxide, and waters in order to create sugars
Photosynthesis
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The equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration
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What do chloroplasts contain which absorbs specific wavelength of light
Chlorophyll
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Acts like a mouth which open and close to release liquids and gases
Stomata
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Process by which a cell takes in glucose and oxygen to create energy using a mitochondria
Cellular respiration
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The cells spends two atp in order break sugars down into smaller pieces in order to move them into the mitochondria
Glycolysis
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Continuous loop of converting chemicals into other molecules to fuel a production of energy storage molecules like NAD+
Kerbs cycle
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Series of events where molecules pass electrons along to create more ATP
Electron transport chain (produces 32 ATP)
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The electron transport chain, occurs within the folds of the membrane
Cristae
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What is the net total of cellular respiration
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-2:break down glucose into smaller pieces
+4:glycolysis
+2:Kerbs cycle
+32:electron transport chain
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The first phase of the cell cycle and is the phase that 90% of your cells are now
Interphase
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The cell grows in size creating more organelles, the cell synthesizes more DNA, the cell groups like DNA together
Interphase
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Duplicate the amount of organelles it has, grow in size so that it can split equally, prepare DNA for replication
G1
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The cell replicates its DNA
S phase
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Makes final preparations like ensuring the cell has all of the necessary organelles, synthesizes more proteins to aid in division
G2 phase
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The division of the nucleus into two seperate nuclei
Mitosis
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What is the final stage of the cell cycle
Cytokinesis
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The cell pinches in the middle, separating the cell into two daughter cells
Cytokinesis
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As a prokaryote will split from one cell to another
Binary fission
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The first cell of new life
Zygote
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The nucleus divides into two identical nuclei
Mitosis
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When undergoing mitosis the cell undergoes what four major stages
1.prophase
2.metaphase
3.anaphase
4.telophase
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The longest phase of mitosis
Prophase
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During prophase
The nuclear membrane disintegrates, the nucleolus disappears, DNA begins to condense into chromosomes, spindles begin to form at the poles of the cell
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Condensed DNA and proteins
Chromosomes
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Point where the chromosomes attach
Centromere
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Chromosomes align along the center of the cell, spindle fibers attach to the centromers of the chromosomes
Metaphase
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Spindle fibers shorten tearing the pairs of chromosomes apart into seperate groups of 46
Anaphase
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Chromosomes reach opposite sides of the cell, nucleus and nucleolus start to reform, chromosomes
Telophase
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Cell with the ability to become any type of cell within the body
Stem cell
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Process by which cells divide in order to reduce the number of chromosomes
Meiosis
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Sex cells, in humans there is a sperm cell and an egg cell
Gametes
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These cells have half the number of chromosomes than normal
Haploid
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Will line up together in order to be separated again
Homologous chromosomes
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Homologous like chromosomes exchange information by crossing over some genes, nuclear envelope breaks down, spindles form
Prophase 1
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Homologous chromosomes line up at the equator, spindle fibers attach to the centromers of the chromosome
Metaphase 1
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Homologous chromosomes seperate and move to opposite ends of the cell
Anaphase 1
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The spindles break down, the chromosomes uncoil and form two nuclei, the cell divides
Telophase 1
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Chromosomes condense, spindles form in each of the new cells
Prophase 2
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Centromeres of chromosomes line up at the center of the cell, spindles attach to centromeres
Metaphase 2
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Centromeres split, sister chromatids sperate and move to opposite poles
Anaphase 2
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Four nuclei form around chromosomes, spindles break down, cells divide
Telophase 2
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A zygote is a what cell, that contains the normal amount of chromosomes, Zn
Diploid cell
