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AP Biology - Chapter 6
The Cell
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Biology
11th Grade
11/16/2009

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(animal cell) function: cell division
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structure: nucleus
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(animal cell) function: information storage and transferal
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structure: nucleus
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(animal cell) function: energy conversions
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structure: mitochondria
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(animal cell) function: manufacture membranes and products
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structure: endoplasmic reticulum
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(animal cell) function: digestion, recycling
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structure: lysosome
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(animal cell) function: conversion of H2O2 to water
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structure: peroxisome
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(animal cell) function: structural integrity
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structure: cytoskeleton
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(animal cell) function: movement
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structure: flagellum
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(animal cell) function: exchange with environment
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structure: plasma membrane
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holds the nucleus together
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nuclear membrane
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surface for chemical activity
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endoplasmic reticulum
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units of heredity
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genes
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digestion center
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lysosome
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where proteins are made
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ribosomes
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structures involved in mitosis (animal cell)
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centrioles
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hollow cylinder that supports and shapes cell
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microtubule
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shapes and supports a plant cell
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cell wall
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stores and releases chemicals
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Golgi body/apparatus
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food for plant cells is made here
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chloroplasts
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spherical body within nucleus
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nucleolus
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function: controls entry into and out of cell
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cell (plasma) membrane
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function: traps light and is used to produce food for plants
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chlorophyll
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function: chromosomes are found here
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nucleus
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jellylike substance within cell
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cytoplasm
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contains code which guides all cell activities
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chromosomes
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minute hole in nuclear membrane
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nuclear pore
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"powerhouse" of cell
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mitochondria
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contains water and dissolved minerals
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vacuole
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stores food or contains pigment
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plastid
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organelles
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membrane-enclosed compartments
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in a ___ cell, most of the DNA is in the nuleus
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eukaryotic
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in a ___ cell, most of the DNA is in a region free of membrane enclosure called a nucleoid
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prokaryotic
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a plasma membrane is a ___ barrier
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selective
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(plant cell) structure: cell wall
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function: protection, maintain cell shape
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(plant cell) structure: central vacuole
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functions: digestion, storage, waste disposal, cell growth, water balance, protection
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(plant cell) structure: chloroplast
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function: photosynthesis
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phagocytosis
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type of endocytosis in which large particulate substances are taken up by a cell (eating)
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pinocytosis
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type of endocytosis in which the cell ingests extra cellular fluid (drinking)
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distinguishes a plant cell from an animal cell
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cell wall
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3 parts to cell theory
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1. All living things are made of cells
2. All cells come from preexisting cells
3. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things
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