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Cells and Cell Reproduction
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Biology
10th Grade
12/07/2010

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CELL

Definition

 

 

 

Basic Structural and

Functional Unit of Life

Term

 

 

UNICELLULAR

Definition

 

 

1 CELL

Term

 

 

 

MULTICELLULAR

Definition

 

 

 

More than 1 cell

Term

 

 

 

 HOOKE

Definition

 

 

 

First man to see dead cells

Term

 

 

 

VANLEEWENHOEK

Definition

 

 

 

First man to see living cells

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CELL THEORY

Definition
  • All living things are made of cells
  • Basic structural and functional unit of life is the cell
  • Cells come only from other cells
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As a cell grows, their _____ increases at a greater rate than their _______ ______.

Definition

 

 

Volume, surface area

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ORGANELLES

Definition

 

 

 

Cell part that performs a specific function

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2 main types of cells

Definition

 

 

Eukaryote: with nucleus (skin cell)

 

Prokaryote: no nucleus (bacteria)

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CELL MEMBRANE

Definition

S: Phoshpholipid bylayer w/ proteins embeded in it.

 

F:Gives cell shape and flexibility

   Proteins act as bussers(push fat cells through)

 

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SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE

Definition

 

 

 

Only lets certain things in

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CYTOPLASM

Definition

 

S: Jelly-like material made of water, salt, and organic molecules.

 

F: To hold organelles in place

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NUCLEUS

Definition

S: Large, centrally located, has membrane around it(nuclear envelope)

 

F: Cell reproduction, Heredity(DNA), Makes Rhyzomes(nucleolus), Makes protein(RNA)

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MITOCHONDRIA

Definition

 

S: Double membraned with its own DNA

 

F: Powerhouse of Cell

    -Makes ATP(energy source)

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RIBOSOMES

Definition

S: Round protein and RNA organelles

 

F: Make protein

    -Stays in cell: Free Floaters

    -Out of cell: Attached

Term

 

 

 

ER (endoplasmic Reticulum)

Definition

S: Membranous folded sacs and tunnels

    -Rough ER: Has ribosomes

    -Smooth ER: No ribosomes

F: "Highway of cell"

    -Smooth: stores

    -Rough: out puts things

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GOLGI APPARATUS

Definition

 

S: Stack of membranes in a convex shape

 

F: "Processing, packaging, and secreting factory" -Puts proteins in a new package

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LYSOSOMES

Definition

 

S: Small, round, and enzyme filled

 

F: Garbage disposal, breaks down cellular waste

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CYTOSKELETON

Definition

 

S: Network of Protein strands

 

F: Microtubules: Move Chromosomes

    Microfilaments: Move organelles

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SPECIAL STRUCTURES

Definition

 

 

Cilia

 

Flagella

Term

 

 

 

CILIA

Definition

 

 

Little hairs around membrane

that help cells move

Term

 

 

 

FLAGELLA

Definition

 

 

 

Tail that acts as a propellar

Term

 

 

3 EXTRA ORGANELLES IN PLANTS THAT OTHER CELLS DONT HAVE

Definition
  • Cell wall      
  • Vacuole       
  • Chloroplasts
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CELL WALL

Definition

 

S: Rigid outside of a plant cell made mostly of cellulose

 

F: Strengthen and support the plant

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MIDDLE LAMELLA

Definition

 

 

 

Jellylike material inbetween cell walls

 

Term

 

 

 

VACUOLE

Definition

 

 

Fluid filled organelle that

stores water and waste

Term

 

 

 

CHLOROPLASTS

Definition

S: Double membraned organelles with own DNA

 

 

 

F: Absorb sunlight

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CELL LEVELS

Definition
  1. Cell: Basic structural and functional unit of life(Cardiac Muscle cells)
  2. Tissue: Group of cells working together(Muscle tissue)
  3. Organ:Group of tissue working together(heart)
  4. Organ system: Group of organs working together(cardiovascular system)
  5. Organism: Group of organ systems working together(human)
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GOAL OF A CELL

Definition

 

 

 

To reach homeostasis

Term

 

 

 

PASSIVE TRANSPORT

Definition

 

 

Movement of a substance across a membrane requiring no energy.

-High to low concentration

Term

 

 

 

DIFFUSION(passive)

Definition
Movement from high to low concentration
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OSMOSIS(passive)

Definition

Movement of water across a

membrane from High to low concentration

  • Hypotonic Environment
  • Hypertonic Envoronment
  • Isotomic Environment
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HYPOTONIC ENVIRONMENTS

Definition
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HYPERTONIC ENVIRONMENTS

Definition
Term

 

 

 

ISOTOMIC ENVIRONMENTS

Definition
Term

 

 

 

FACILITATED DIFFUSION

Definition

 

 

 

 Movement of molecules across cell membrane with the help of busser proteins -High to Low concentration

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ION CHANNEL

Definition

 

 

Passage way in membrane that

allows the ions through

Term

 

 

 

IONS

Definition

 

 

Any atom with a charge

-ex: Na+

Term

 

 

 

ACTIVE TRANSPORT

Definition

 

Movement if a substance acoss cell membrane from low to high concentration requiring energy.

Term

 

 

 

CELL MEMBRANE PUMP(active)

Definition

 

 

Bussers push molecules across membrane (Low to High)

Term

 

 

 

ENDOCYTOSIS(active)

Definition

Process where cells ingest molecules.

 

  • Pinocytosis: Taking in liquids  
  • Phagocytosis: Taking in solids
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EXOCYTOSIS(active)

Definition

 

 

 

Prpcess where cells expell molecules

Term

 

 

 

How many human cells

Definition

 

 

 

5-10 trillion

Term

 

 

 

How cells reproduce

Definition

 

 

Cells just divide

Begins with Nucleus' DNA

 

Term

 

 

 

CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE

 

Definition

When cells are not dividing, DNA is loose and stringy

 

 

 

When a cell wants to divide, chromatin turns to chromosomes

Term

 

 

 

CHROMOSOME NUMBERS#

Definition

 

 

Each species has a certain number of cromosomes per cell (ex:humans=46)

Term

 

 

 

HOMOLOGUS PAIRS

Definition

 

 

 

Two chromosomes that look the same (twins)

Term

 

 

 

DIPLOID CELL

Definition

 

 

Cell that has two chromosomes in every pair-All chromosomes are there.

Term

 

 

 

HAPLOID

Definition

 

 

 

Cell with one chromosome of each pair (ex:sperm and egg)

Term

 

 

 

MITOSIS

Definition
Cell reproduction that results in equal quantity of chromosomes from parent cell to daughter cells
Term

 

 

 

MITOSIS PROCESS

Definition
  • Interphase
  • Prophase
  • Metaphase
  • Anaphase
  • Telophase
  • Cytokinesis
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INTERPHASE(mitosis)

Definition
  • Cells grow
  • DNA is copied
  • Most of cells life
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PROPHASE(mitosis)

Definition
  • Chromatin and Chromosomes
  • Nuclear envelope and nucleus disappear
  • Centrosomes appear and move to poles
  • Spindle fibers appear
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METAPHASE(mitosis)

Definition
  • Chromosomes line up in the middle
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ANAPHASE(mitosis)

Definition
  • Chromatids separate to the poles
Term

 

 

 

TELOPHASE(mitosis)

Definition
  • Chromatids duplicate
  • Spindle fibers + centrosomes disappear
  • Chromosomes turn back to chromatin
  • Nucleolus + nuclear envelope reappear
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CYTOKINESIS(mitosis)

Definition
  • Cells break appart
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MEIOSIS

Definition

Cell reproduction that results in daughter cells with HALF the quantity and quality of Chromosomes

Only cells that do that are sperm and egg

(see hand out)

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TETRAD

Definition

 

 

Homolegus pairs of chromosomes

twisted together

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