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Biology
7th Grade
11/03/2010

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cell
Definition
the smallest unit that can perform all life like processes
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cell therory
Definition
*all organisms are made of one or more cells
*the cell is the basic unit of all living things
*all cells come from existing cells
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cell membranes
Definition
a layer that covers a cells outer surface:acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell and its enviorment
Term
organelles
Definition
one small body in a cells cyloplasm that performs important jobs
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nucleus
Definition
in eucaryotic cells:membrane that contains thee cells dna and has the role to process the cells groth ,metabolism and reproduction
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prokaryotes
Definition
an organism that consists of a singel cell that does not have nucleus
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eubacteris is the worlds _______.
Definition
smallest cell
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bacteria dont have nuclus but they have ____
Definition
DNA
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CELL WALL
Definition
helps cell keep its shape
Term
what roles does the cell mebrane and cell wall play
Definition
allows materials to come in and out of a cell
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rimbosomes
Definition
small ,round organelles made of protein and other material.
Term
3 types of archebacteria
Definition
heat loving ,salt loving,methane making
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first person to describe a cell
Definition
robert hooke
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discovered singeled celled organiama
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leeuwenhoek
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what limits cells to its smalll size
Definition
surface area to volume ratio of cell
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what is a cycloplasm
Definition
fluid liquid inside of a cell
Term
all cells have____
Definition
nucleus
Term
prokaryotes
Definition
an organism that consist of single cell that dont have nucleus
Term
eukaryotes are about
Definition
10 times larger
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cell walls of plant are made of _____
Definition
cellulose and other materials
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what are cell alls of fungi made of
Definition
chitin and chemicals simular to chitin
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3 types of compoundy contained in the cell membrane
Definition
protiens lipids and phosopholipid
Term
what two substances control the movment of materials into and out of the cell
Definition
proteins and lipids
Term
what is a cytoskeleton
Definition
a web of protein in cytoplasm
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what are the two functions of a cytoskeloton
Definition
muscele and skeloton
Term
what is the funtion of protien in a scale
Definition
to control chemical reactions
Term
what is a nucleous
Definition
a dark aera of the nucleus that stores materials and makes ribosomes
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ribosomes are_________
Definition
organels that make protein
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protin is made of
Definition
amino acids
Term
a system of folded mebranes in which protein lipids and other materials are mad is the
Definition
endoplamic reticulum
Term
2 forms of e.r. are
Definition
rough e.r. and smooth e.r.
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what function does a mitochondrion perform
Definition
it breaks down sugar to produce energy
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site of cellular resperation is the
Definition
mitochindria
Term
energy produced in mitochindria id stored in a substance called a.t.p.
Definition
chlorplatast are organelles fi=ound in the cell sof plants and algae
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which process happens in choroplast
Definition
photosynthesis
Term
chorplast are green because they contain
Definition
chlorophyll
Term
golgi complex
Definition
package and deliver protein
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a small sac that surrounds material to be removed into or out of a cell ia a
Definition
veside
Term
what is a lysosme
Definition
organel that contains digestive enzymes
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what is the funtion of a lysossome
Definition
to destroy worn out or un wanted wastemateriaolsand protect cell from forein envaders
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beckon
Definition
call over
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contridiction
Definition
not ledgeble
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