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Cells
Cell and Cell Organelles
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Biology
9th Grade
12/14/2010

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Term
what is a cell?
Definition
Basic unit of life
Term
What are the three points of the Cell Theory?
Definition
1. All living things are made of one
or more cells
2. All living things carry out life
processes & maintain homeostasis
3. New cells come from preexisting cells
Term
What are the two types of cells and what are the differences?
Definition
Prokaryotes
1. No nucleus
2. No organelles
3. 1-10 micrometers
4. E.g. bacteria

Eukaryotes
1. Nucleus
2. Organelles
3. 10-100 micrometers
4. More complex than prokaryotic cells
E.g. plants, animals, protists & fungi
Term
Endosymbiotic Theory
Definition
1. Where they believe eukaryotic cells
came from.
2. One prokaryotic cell engulfed
another prokaryotic cell
A. This is called endosymbiosis
Term
Why study cells?
Definition
1. bodies are made up of cells
2. cells do all the work of life!
Term
What 8 jobs do cells have to do for an organism to live?
Definition
1. Gas exchange (breathe)
2. eat
3. make energy ATP
4. build molecules
5. remove wastes
6. control internal conditions
homeostasis
7. respond to external environment
8. build more cells
Term
The 3 main Jobs of Cells
Definition
1. make energy
2. make proteins
3. make more cells
Term
Organelles
Definition
1. Special structures inside cells
2. Organelles do the work of cells
Term
Cell membrane's function (3)
Definition
1. separates cell from outside
2. controls what enters or leaves cell
3. recognizes signals from other cells
to communicate with other cells
Term
Cell membrane's structure
Definition
1. double layer of fat
2. receptor molecules (protein)
[image]
Term
Cell Wall Function and Structure
Definition
Function
1. Provides protection & shape
2. Found in bacteria, plant & fungus
cells
Structure
1. Rigid layer found outside the cell
membrane
2. Openings allow material to pass
through
Term
Vacuoles & vesicles function (2) and structure (1)
Definition
Function
1. storage
2. moving material around cell
Structure
1. membrane sac
Term
Lysosomes Function and Structure
Definition
Function
1. digest food
2. clean up & recycle
Structure
membrane sac of digestive enzymes
Term
Mitochondria function and structure
Definition
Function
1. make ATP energy from cellular
respiration
structure
1. double membrane
Term
Chloroplasts function and structure
Definition
function
1. make sugar using photosynthesis
2. sunlight+ water +CO2  sugar+ O2
3. sunlight used to make ATP
4. ATP used to make sugar


structure
1. double membrane
2. contain chlorophyll
Term
What are the two ways that plants make energy?
Definition
1. Mitochondria
a. make energy from sugar + O2
b. cellular respiration

2. Chloroplasts
a. make energy + sugar from
sunlight + CO2 + water
b. photosynthesis
Term
What are the workers in the cell?
Definition
proteins
proteins do all the work
Term
What are 4 jobs that proteins do in the cell?
Definition
1. structural
2. enzymes
3. signals
4. receptors
Term
Nucleus function and structure
Definition
function
1. control center of cell
2. protects DNA

structure
1. nuclear membrane
2. nucleolus (ribosome factory)
3. chromosomes (DNA)
Term
DNA
Definition
instructions for building proteins
Term
Ribosomes function and structure
Definition
Function
1. protein factories
2. read instructions to build proteins
from DNA

Structure
1. some free in cytoplasm
2. some attached to ER
Term
Endoplasmic Reticulum function and structure
Definition
Function
1. works on proteins
2. helps complete the proteins after
ribosome builds them
3. makes membranes

Structure
1. rough ER
a. ribosomes attached
b. works on proteins
2. smooth ER
a. makes membranes
Term
Golgi Apparatus function and structure
Definition
Function
1. finishes, sorts, labels & ships
proteins
2. ships proteins in vesicles

Structure
1. flattened membrane sacs
Term
Cytoskeleton function and structure
Definition
Function
1. maintain cell shape
2. movement

Structure
1. protein filaments
2. microfilaments
3. microtubules
Term
Cilia
Definition
Function
1. movement

Structure
1. short hair-like structures covering
entire cell surface
Term
Flagella
Definition
Function
1. movement

Structure
1. long hair-like structures extending
from one or both ends of the cell
Term
Which organelles make more cells?
Definition
nucleus and centrioles
Term
Centrioles
Definition
Function
1. help coordinate cell division
2. only in animal cells

Structure
one cylindrical pair in each cell
Term
Unicellular organisms
Definition
1. One cell performs all the life
processes and lives as an individual
2. E.g. bacteria, protozoa, some algae,
some fungi
Term
Colonial organisms
Definition
1. Few to many cells that live
together, but function as individuals
2. E.g. Volvox
Term
Multicellular organisms
Definition
1. Hundreds to billions of cells
2. Cells specialized
3. Cannot function as independent
single cell organisms
Term
What are the levels of Organization In Multicellular Organisms?
Definition
1. cell
2. tissue
3. organ
4. organ system
5. organism
Term
Semi-permeable membrane
Definition
1. Cell membrane controls what gets in
or out
2. only some material can get in or out
Term
What molecules can get through the cell membrane directly?
Definition
fats and oils can pass directly through
Term
What are Cell membrane channels?
Definition
1.Need to make “doors” through membrane
2. protein channels allow substances
in & out
3. specific channels allow specific
material in & out
Term
Diffusion
Definition
molecules move from HIGH to LOW concentration
Term
passive transport and simple diffusion
Definition
1. no energy needed
2. goal is to reach equilibrium
Term
Facilitated Diffusion
Definition
Move from HIGH to LOW through a channel
Term
Active Transport
Definition
1. Cells may need molecules to move
against concentration “hill”
2. requires energy
Term
Protein pump
Definition
1. move from LOW to HIGH using protein
2. uses energy
Term
Exocytosis
Definition
Vesicle moves substance out of cell
Term
Endocytosis
Definition
Vesicle moves substance into cell
a. Phagocytosis
1. “cellular eating”
Term
Endocytosis
Definition
Pinocytosis
1. “cellular drinking”
2. Liquid taken into cell
Term
transport summary
Definition
[image]
Term
Why are we multicellular and not one giant cell?
Definition
1. Large cells can’t effectively
transport
2. A bunch of small cells can occupy
the same space as a large cell AND
transport materials effectively
Term
Osmosis
Definition
1. diffusion of water from HIGH
concentration of water to LOW
concentration of water through a
semipermiable membrane.
Term
Hypotonic
Definition
1. high concentration of water around
cell
a. cell gains water
Term
Hypertonic
Definition
1. low concentration of water around
cell
2. cell loses water
Term
Isotonic
Definition
1. no difference in concentration of
water between cell & environment
2. cell in equilibrium, no net water
movement
Term
Magnification
Definition
How much larger the image appears
Term
Resolution
Definition
Sharpness of the image
Term
Compound microscope
Definition
Light microscope that uses two lenses to magnify an image
Used to view live specimen
Objects appear backwards and upside down
Magnification: 10 – 1000x
Term
Stereomicroscope
Definition
Light microscope used to view the external or surface of a specimen
Used in dissections
Objects appear right side up and normal
No special slides or mounts
Magnification: 6 – 50x
Term
Electron Microscope
Definition
uses a beam of electrons instead of light to view an organism
Specimen must be dead
Magnification: more than 250,000x
Term
Rules of focusing the microscope
Definition
1. always start with the lowest
magnification and work up to a
higher magnification
2. Place the slide on the stage, find
your specimen on the slide & clip it
to secure.
3. Adjust the diaphragm to the proper
amount of light.
4. Lower the objective using the coarse
adjustment knob.
5. Bring the specimen into focus using
the fine adjustment knob.
6. Change to a higher power objective.
7. Refocus using fine adjustment
8. When finished return everything back
to lowest positions
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