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chapter 4-cells
chapter 4 test review
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Biology
9th Grade
11/16/2012

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what was Robert Hooke looking at when he named cells?
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cork
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who is the father of microbiology?
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
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what are the smallest units of life in all living things?
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cells
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what does "Cells are produced only from existing cells." come from?
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cell theory
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how does surface area limit cell growth?
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the distance will be to far from the cell, so the cell wont get food and get rid of their waste time.
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what is an example of a prokaryotic cell?
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bacteria
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what is a characteristic of a prokaryotic cells?
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membrane-bound (nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum)
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What type of cell has no nucleus, but has a cell wall?
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Prokaryotic
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What regulates what enters and leaves the cell?
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Cell membrane
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What are some characteristics of the cell membrane?
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-Encloses the cell
-Selectively permeable
-Allows materials to enter and leave the cell
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What is selectively permeable?
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Allows the passage of some solutes and not others
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What is the cytoskeleton?
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A mesh-like network of protein fibers that supports the cell
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What is a structure that performs a specific function within the cell?
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organelles
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What organelle would an active cell have?
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mitochondria
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What is the role of the Golgi Bodies?
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Package and distribution
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What organelle produces ATP from the energy stored in glucose molecules?
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Mitochondria
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Where are proteins made?
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Ribosomes
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What do chloroplasts and mitochondria have in common?
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Have their own DNA and ribosomes
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What organelles is associated with photosynthesis?
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Chloroplast
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What is the membrane-bound area where water and nutrients are stored?
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Vacuole
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What do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
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Cell wall, chloroplast, vacuoles
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What is the order of organization in humans?
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Cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
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What is the name of a cell with a nucleus?
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Eukaryota
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What is the name of the molecules that have heads and tails and make up the cell membrane?
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Phospholipids
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What scientist said this quote?...I could exceedingly plainly perceive it to be all perforated and porous, much like a Honeycomb...these pores or cells , were not very deep, but consisted of a great many little boxes...
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Hooke describing his observations on a thin slice of cork.
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