| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What are two types of Eurkaryotic cells? | Plant cell and Animal Cell. |
| What are two types of Prokaryote cells? | Bacteria and Archae. |
| Which cell does not have a cell wall? | Animal cell. |
| Which cell does not have organelles? | Prokaryote. |
| Which cell/s have a nucleus? | Animal and Plant. |
| Describe cells. | Living things are made up of basic units (cells). |
| Describe tissues. | Group of similar cells acting together to carry out a life process. |
| List two examples of tissues. | Blood and nerves. |
| Describe organs. | Groups of tissues working together. |
| List two examples of organs. | Heart and kidney. |
| Describe organ systems. | Group of organs acting together to carry out a specific life process. |
| List two examples of organ systems. | Skeletal and reproductive. |
| What is the function of a cell barrier? | Protective barrier; regulates what enters and exits the cell. |
| What is the function of the cell wall? | Protective barrier; plants only; composed of cellulose. |
| What is the function of a chloroplast? | Found in plants; traps light energy. |
| What is the function of the cytoplasm? | Made up of water, NaCl, and organic materials; contains organelles. |
| What is the function of the smooth endoplasmic recticulum? | Breakdown of lipid-soluble toxins in liver cells. |
| What is the function of the rough endoplasmic recticulum? | Transports proteins synthesized throughout cell; ribosomes on surface. |
| What is the function of mitochondrion? | Power center of the cell. |
| What is the function of the nucleus? | Contains DNA that provides the cell with its unique characteristics. |
| What is the function of ribosomes? | Packets of RNA; site of protein synthesis. |
| What is the function of the lysosome? | Digests food particles. |
| What is the function of the golgi body? | Modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the ER. |
| What is the function of a cytoskeleton? | Maintains cell's shape. |
| What is the function of the vacuole? | Stores water, salts, proteins, and carbs. |
| What is the function of the nucleolus? | Site where ribosomes are synthesized and assembled. |
| Define eukaryotic cell. | Cell with membrane enclosed nucleus and enclosed organelles. |
| Define prokaryotic cell. | Lacking membrane enclosed nucleus and organelles. |
| What is an analogy for a cell membrane? | A bouncer at a club. |
| What is an analogy for a cell wall? | A castle. |
| What is an analogy for a cytoplasm? | Hair gel. |
| What is an analogy for a chloroplast? | A solar panel. |
| What is an analogy for a nuclues? | A brain. |
| What is an analogy for mitochondria? | A battery. |
| What is an analogy for golgi body? | UPS or mailing company. |
| What is an analogy for lysosome? | A garbage truck. |
| What is an analogy for ribosome? | A puzzle. |
| What is an analogy for vacuole? | A water bottle. |
| What is an analogy for a rough endoplasmic recticulum? | A bus. |
| What is an analogy for a smooth endoplasmic recticulum? | A smooth road. |
| What is diffusion? | Tendency for particles of any kind to spread out evenly, moving from high to low concentration. |
| What is concentration gradient? | Increase or decrease in the density of a chemical substance in an area. |
| What is passive transport? | Diffusion of a substance across a biological membrane, without any input of energy. |
| What is facilitated diffusion? | Passage of a substance across a biological membrane down its concentration gradient. |
| What is osmosis? | Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane. |
| What is isotonic? | Solution having the same solute concentration as another solution. |
| What is hypotonic? | One with lower concentration of solutes. |
| What is hypertonic? | One with higher concentration of solutes, |
| What is osmoregulation? | Control of the gain and loss of water and dissolved solutes in an organism. |
| What is plasmolysis? | Phenomenon that occurs in plants in an hypertonic solution. |
| What is active transport? | Movement of substance across a biological membrane against its concentration gradient. |
| What is exocytosis? | Movement of materials out of the cytoplasm of a cell via membranous vesicles or vacuoles. |
| What is endocytosis? | Movement of materials into the cytoplasm of a cell via membranous vesicles or vacuoles. |
| What is phagocytosis? | Cell engulfs macromolecules. |
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