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Chapter 1 - Cells
Structure and Function of Cells
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6th Grade
01/31/2012

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2 ways Animals get energy from plants
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Eating plants or eating other organisms that have already eaten plants.
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3 ingredients that the chloroplast uses to make Glucose.
Definition
Energy from the sun, carbon dioxide from air, and water.
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4 types of Organelles
Definition
Mitochondria, cacuole, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), ribosome
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7 Parts of an Animal Cell
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Nucleus, Vacuole, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Ribosome, Cell Membrane, Cytoplasm, Mitochondria
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9 Parts of a Plant Cell
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Chloroplasts, Vacuole, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Ribosome, Cytoplasm, Cell Membrane, Cell Wall, Mitochondrion, Nucleus
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Adjustment Knobs
Definition
Allow you to focus the image
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All organisms have the same number of chromosomes? True or False?
Definition
False
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Animals
Definition
Give off Carbon Dioxide, Take in Oxygen
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Can Animal cells trap energy from the sun to make sugars? True/False
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False
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Cell Membrane
Definition
Holds the contents of a cell together. Gives support and shape to cell.
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Cell Membrane
Definition
Thin Flexible covering that helps the cell by controlling which substances enter or leave the cell.
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Cell Theory
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States that the cell is the basic unit of all living organisms and only living cells can produce new living cells
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Cell Wall (Plant)
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Tough nonliving material that acts like an outside skeleton for a plant cell
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Cell Wall (Plant)
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Gives the Plant cell support, strength and shape.
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Cells
Definition
Microscopic building blocks of all living things
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Chlorophyll
Definition
Green substance in the chloroplasts that traps energy from sunlight.
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Chloroplast
Definition
Organelle that makes sugars using carbon dioxide, water and energy from sunlight
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Chromosome
Definition
Stringlike structure in a cell nucleus that carries information controlling all the cells activities
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Cilia
Definition
Tiny hair like structures. Windpipe cells, vorticella and paramecium have these.
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Compound Microscope
Definition
A microscope having more than one lens
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Compound Microscope
Definition
Example of a Light Microscope
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Cytoplasm
Definition
Clear jellylike material that fills the space between the cell membrane and the nucleus. Made mostly of water.
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Difference between Plant and Animal Cell
Definition
Plant Cells have only one Vacuole, Plant cells are larger, Plant cells have Chloroplasts.
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Electron Microscope
Definition
Uses Electrons to make things look up to one million times bigger
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Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Definition
Organelle that transports materials inside the cell.
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Eyepiece
Definition
Allows you to see the object and also magnifies the image
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Glucose
Definition
Simple sugar created during Photosynthesis
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Green Color of Chlorophyll
Definition
Hides the red, orange, yellow and blue colors in the chloroplasts.
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Green substance found inside of the chloroplast
Definition
Chlorophyll
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Hans Janssen
Definition
Invented the first compound microscope
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Mirror
Definition
Reflects light from another source through the image being observed
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Mitochondria
Definition
Organelles where food and oxygen react to release energy. The powerhouse of cells.
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Muscle Cells
Definition
Human cells that work together to help you move, push food though digestive system and keep heart beating.
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Nerve Cells
Definition
Act like transmitters to send messages
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Nerve Cells
Definition
Long narrow human cells that carry messages from one cell to the next cell.
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Nucleus
Definition
Part of the cell that controls activities of other cell parts
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Objective Lens
Definition
Magnifies the image on the slide
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Organelle
Definition
Tiny structure in the cytoplasm of a cell that performs a special job.
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PhotoSynthesis
Definition
Act of putting together with light.
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PhotoSynthesis
Definition
Process in which oxygen is formed and released by the plant into the atmosphere.
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Plants
Definition
Gives Off Oxygen, Takes in Carbon Dioxide.
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Plants
Definition
Can Animals or Plants make their own food?
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Plastids
Definition
Organelles that store plants colors. Chloropasts belong to this group.
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Red Blood Cell
Definition
Human cells that carries oxygen to your cell and carry waste away from them.
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Respiration (Plant)
Definition
Process in mitochondria where oxygen is used to release the energy stored in glucose.
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Ribosome
Definition
Organelle that puts together proteins for the cell.
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Skin
Definition
Type of Human cells that cover and protect the body from harmful organisms entering it.
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Species
Definition
A group of organisms that have the same characteristics are are able to product offspring that can reproduce
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Stage
Definition
Holds a slide containing the object to be viewed
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Vacuole
Definition
saclike organelle used for storing materials
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Vorticella
Definition
Single celled organism that are funnel shaped.
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White Blood Cell
Definition
Human cell that protect you from disease.
Term
All dogs are member of the same ______?
Definition
Species
Term
An instrument using two lenses for magnifying objects?
Definition
Compound Microscope
Term
According to the ______, all organisms are made of one or more cells
Definition
Cell Theory
Term
The control center of a living cell is the _________?
Definition
Nucleus
Term
A structure in the nucleus that carries information that controls cell activities is the __________?
Definition
Chromosome
Term
A thin flexible protective cell covering is the ______
Definition
Cell Membrane
Term
The jellylike material fillng the space between the cell membrane and the nucleus is ________
Definition
Cytoplasm
Term
Ribosomes, mitochondria, and vacuoles are examples of _____________?
Definition
Organelle
Term
Organelles in the cytoplasm where energy is released are _________?
Definition
mitochondria
Term
A saclike organelle where a cell's food an water are stored is _______?
Definition
Vacuole
Term
An organelle for transporting materials insde the cell is the _____?
Definition
Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Term
Part of a cell that puts together proteins for the cell is the _____?
Definition
Ribosome
Term
Green substance in plant cells is ____?
Definition
Chlorophyll
Term
An organelle that makes sugar is the _____?
Definition
Chloroplast
Term
The tough outer support of a plant cell is the __________?
Definition
Cell Wall
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