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Unit One - THE CELL

Living characteristics, types of cells, plant and animal cells

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What are the three statements that make up cell theory? All cells come from other cells All organisms are made up of one or more cells The cell is the basic building block of life
The definition of homeostasis is A balance or in the middle
The definition of heredity is The passing of traits from one person to another
The definition of metabolism is The chemical energy that a body uses to go through all of its processes
The definition of asexual is One parent having identical offspring
The definition of sexual is Two parents have an offspring that is a combination of them
What are the levels of cellular organization starting with cell Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism
What does any membrane do? Let things in and out of the cell
What does the nucleus do? The brain or the control of the cell
What does a nucleolus do? Make ribosomes
What do ribosomes make? Protein
What packages and ships protein to parts of the cell that need them? Golgi bodies
This is the Jell-O like substance in the cell that supports the organelles Cytoplasm
These act like bones - supporting both plant and animal cells Cytoskeleton
The Endoplasmic Reticulum acts like Roads and highways
Vacuoles act as Storage baggies
Chromosomes store our... DNA - the information that makes us
Lysosomes are only in an animal cell and they... Breakdown and digest worn out parts
Centrioles are needed when a cell needs to = Divide, making two
Plants are green with chlorophyll and get energy from the sun. The organelle that does with is called - Chloroplasts
Since a plant does not have bones or muscles, it has another layer around it. It is called Cell wall
Plant cells have ONE LARGE - Vacuole
Animal cells have vacuoles that look like - Small and many
Mitochondria look like - Loaves of bread
Chromosomes look like X's
ER's look like Lots of SSSSSSSS
Golgi bodies look like Stacked up pancakes
Ribosomes are the _________ organelle Smallest
Prokaryotic cells No nucleus, simple, messy, BACTERIA
Eukaryotic cells Has nucleus, complicated, neat, ANIMALS, PLANTS, PROTISTS, FUNGI
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