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Cells:The Basic Units of LIfe

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What is the smallest unit that can perform all life processes?   Cell  
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What is the phospholipid layer that covers a cell's surface?   Cell Membrane  
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What is one of the small bodies in a cell's cytoplasm that are specialized to perform a specific function?   Organelle  
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What is a membrane-bound organelle that contains a cell's DNA and info on how to make proteins?   Nucleus  
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What is an organism that consists of a single cell that doesn't have a nucleus?   Prokaryote  
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What is an organism made up of cells that has a nucleus and is enclosed by a membrane?   Eukaryote  
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What is a rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell?   Cell Wall  
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What is a cell organelle composed of RNA and protein and is the site or photosynthesis?   Ribosomes  
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What is a system on folded membranes in which proteins, lipids, and other materials are made?   Endoplasmic Reticulum  
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What is a cell organelle that helps make and package materials to be transported out of the cell?   Golgi Complex  
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What is a small cavity or sac that contains materials in a eukaryotic cell?   Vesicle  
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What are lysosomes?   a cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes  
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What is a vacuole?   a large vesicle  
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What is a group of similar cells that perform a common function?   Tissue  
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What is a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body?   Organ  
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What is a group of organs working together to perform body functions?   Organ System  
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What is a living thing that can carry out life processes independently?   Organism  
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What is an arrangement of parts in an organism?   Structure  
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What is the special, normal, or proper activity of an organ or part?   Function  
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What are the 3 advantages of being multicellular?   Bigger, Longer Life, and Specialized Functions  
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What are the 4 levels of organization?   Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System  
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What are 2 functions of a cell membrane?   To protect the cell and to allow nutrients to enter and wastes to exit the cell.  
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What types of cells have cell walls?   Plant cells  
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Where is most of a cell's ATP made?   Mitochondria  
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How do eukaryotes and prokaryotes differ?   prokaryotes have one cell and eukaryotes have more than one  
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Why are many cells small?   The volume grows faster then the cell's surface area  
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What genetic material does the nucleus contain?   DNA  
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What are the 3 parts of the cell theory?   All living things make up cells, cells are the basic unit of all living things, and new cells come from existing cells  
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What does rough ER have that smooth ER doesn't?   Ribosomes  
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What 2 things do plants have that animals don't?   Chloroplasts and a Cell Wall  
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Why are lysosomes important?   they destroy worn out or damaged cells, get rid of waste, and protect the cell from foreign invaders  
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