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Cell Facts
Organelles, DNA, Pro and eukaryotes
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Biology
9th Grade
01/13/2011

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Improves strength and flexibility of the cell membrane
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Cholesterol
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What is the difference between Prokaryotic cells and Eukaryotic cells?
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Prokayrotes DO NOT have a NUCLEUS or MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES
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Examples of Prokaryotes:
Definition
Bacteria and certain single celled organisms
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Forms the cell's supporting network.
Made of Protein fibers.
Definition
Cytoskeleton
Term
Components of a cell membrane
Definition
Phospholipds
Proteins
Cholesterol
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Cilia
Definition
Short structures projecting from a cell and containing bundles of microtubules that move a cell through its surroundings or move fluid over the cells surface.
Term
Chloroplasts
Definition
(They create sugars using energy from the sun and Carbon Dioxide from the air.)
Term
Cell Theory
Definition
1. All living things are made of cells
2. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living things.
3. New cells are produced from existing cells
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Flagella
Definition
Long thing whip like sturctures with a core of microtubules that enable some cells to move.
Term
What do Plant cells have that animal cells do not?
Definition
Cell Walls
Chloroplasts
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Modifies and packages proteins and prepares them to leave the cell
Definition
Golgi apparatus
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Attached to ER to form rough ER
Definition
Ribosomes
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Found in plant cells but not in animal cells
Definition
Cell walls and Chloroplasts
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Site of protein synthesis
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Ribosomes
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Produce energy for the cell
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Mitochondria
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Site of photosynthesis
Definition
Chloroplasts
Term
Transports proteins
Definition
Endoplasmic reticulum
Term
Where the ribosomes are made
Definition
Nucleolus
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Contains digestive enzymes.
Help break down unwanted proteins.
Definition
Lysosomes
Term
Control center of the cell
Definition
Nucleus
Term
Stores food or water products
in the cell
Definition
Vacuole
Term
The plasma membrane is used to:
Definition
regulate most of what enters and exits the cell.
Term
Proteins involved in facilitated diffusion
Definition
Permeases
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Cell Wall
Definition
Strong wall outside a plant cell's plasma membrane that protects the cell and maintains it's shape
Term
Mitochondria
Definition
cellular organelle where cellular resperation occurs.
The powerhouse of the cell.
Term
Cell Wall
Definition
Strong wall outside a plant cell's plasma membrane that protects the cell and maintains its shape.
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Selectively Permeable Membrane
Definition
Membrane that allows some substances to pass more easily than others and blocks the passage of some substances all together.
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