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| maintain all the life processes of the cell |
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| - a process for moving substances across the plasma membrane which depends on the substance’s concentration |
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| - the amount of dissolved particles in a solution |
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| - a jelly-like substance that fills the cell and surrounds the organelles |
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| - membrane bound organelles that store nutrients, wastes and other substances |
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| - little sacs that make up the chloroplast; AKA “solar collectors” |
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| - the process through which cells are made and die |
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| the stage of the cell cycle in which the cell is preparing for division |
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| the process which packages the genetic information in the nucleus into 2 separate, identical packages |
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| a long coiled piece of DNA and proteins that is visible only when the cell is dividing |
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| (1st stage of mitosis) the chromatin that makes up the chromosomes condenses |
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| (2nd stage of mitosis) chromosomes line up at equator of cell |
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| (3rd stage of mitosis) chromosomes separate and go to opposite poles of the cell |
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| (last phase of mitosis)cell divides cytoplasm into 2 parts in a process called… |
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| produces 2 new cells after the cytoplasm has spilt |
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| controlled cell death that weeds out cells that are no longer useful |
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| a cell that divides uncontrollably |
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| where a body part is replaced or regrown |
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| the way cells develop in different ways to perform different tasks |
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| makes the cells look different from each other and perform different functions’ |
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| helps make up blood; contain haemoglobin, a process that absorbs and releases oxygen |
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| unspecialized plant cells capable of dividing by mitosis |
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| tiny pores in the epidermal tissue of a plant that allows carbone dioxide, water vapour and oxygen to move in/out of the leaf easily |
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| specialized ground tissues in plants where photosynthesis and gas exchange occurs |
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| type of vascular tissue in plants responsible for the movement of water and minerals from the roots up the stem to the leaves |
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| type of vascular tissue in plants which transports sugar used in photosynthesis from the leaves to other parts of the plant |
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