16045042603 | Osmosis | Diffusion of water across a membrane through the lipid bilayer | 0 | |
16045042604 | Hypertonic | Having greater concentration of solute inside than the solution outside. Cell shrinks. | 1 | |
16045042605 | Hypotonic | Having a lower concentration of solute inside than the solution outside. Cell Expands. | 2 | |
16045042606 | Isotonic | Having an equal solute concentration inside and outside the cell. Ideal (perfect) conditions. Cell remains normal. | 3 | |
16045042662 | Vacuole | Storage vesicle for water, food, wastes other substances. 1 large vacuole in plants, many small vacuoles in animals. | 4 | |
16045042663 | Nucleus | Controls all cell activities and protein production. Contains the DNA and nucleolus. | 5 | |
16045042664 | Cytoplasm/Cytosol | Cell liquid in which chemical reactions occur. Holds and cushions the organelles. | 6 | |
16045042665 | Mitochondria | Converts glucose into ATP (energy a cell can use) in the process of cellular respiration. | 7 | |
16045042666 | Cell/Plasma/Lipid Membrane | A double-layered lipid membrane that surrounds the cell. Regulates what enters and leaves the cell. | 8 | |
16045042667 | Cell Wall | Rigid external layer of a plant cell (cellulose), bacteria (glycoproteins), or fungi (chitin) that is outside the cell membrane. | 9 | |
16045042668 | Chloroplast | Converts light energy into glucose in the process of photosynthesis. Contains chlorophyll giving plants their green color. | 10 | |
16045042607 | Endoplasmic Reticulum | Passageways where compounds are manufactured, processed, and transported. | 11 | |
16045042608 | Golgi Apparatus/Body/Complex | Collects, modifies, and packages proteins and lipids made by the E.R. | 12 | |
16045042609 | Prokaryote | Unicellular. Lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles. Has ribosomes. | 13 | |
16045042610 | Eukaryote | Unicellular or multicellular. Contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles. Has ribosomes. | 14 | |
16045042611 | Diffusion | The movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. | 15 | |
16045042612 | Equilibrium / Homeostasis | A state of balance in which there is little or no total change. | 16 | |
16045042613 | Lysosome | Contains digestive enzymes to breakdown food and wastes. Involved in apoptosis. | 17 | |
16045042614 | Nucleolus | Synthesizes ribosomes. Found in the nucleus. | 18 | |
16045042615 | Vesicle | Small package of nutrients, proteins, wastes, or water created by the golgi. | 19 | |
16045042669 | Cell | The basic unit of all living things. The smallest unit of life. | 20 | |
16045042670 | Organism | A complete living thing | 21 | |
16045042671 | Ribosome | Synthesizes proteins. Mostly found on the rough E.R. but can also be in the cytoplasm. | 22 | |
16045042672 | Tissue | A collection of similar cells that perform a specific job. | 23 | |
16045042673 | Unicellular | Made of a single cell | 24 | |
16045042674 | Multi-cellular | Made of more than one cell. | 25 | |
16045042616 | Nuclear membrane/envelope | Surrounds the nucleolus and DNA. Controls what enters and leaves the nucleus. | 26 | |
16045042617 | Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum | Synthesizes lipids for use in the cell membrane and other parts of the cell. | 27 | |
16045042618 | Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum | Contains most of the cells ribosomes which synthesize proteins. | 28 | |
16045042619 | Organelle | "Little organs" that make up the cell working together for the survival and function of the cell. | 29 | |
16045042620 | Unicellular | Made of 1 cell. | 30 | |
16045042621 | Cilia | Small hairs on a cells surface that wave back and forth allowing the cell to move. | 31 | |
16045042622 | Flagella | A whip-like structure on a cell that 'whips' back and forth allowing the cell to move (e.g. sperm cell). | 32 | |
16045042623 | Active Transport | Movement of particles from low to high concentration across the membrane that requires energy (ATP). | 33 | |
16045042624 | Passive Transport | Movement of particles from high to low concentration across the membrane (no energy needed). | 34 | |
16045042625 | Facilitated Diffusion | Passive transport through the membrane with the use of protein channels. Some channels are specific while others are not. | 35 | |
16045042626 | Centriole | Helps align chromosomes during cell division (animal cells only). | 36 | |
16045042627 | Microtubules/Microfilaments | Small, thin proteins that help support and give structure to a cell. A cells cytoskeleton. | 37 | |
16045042628 | Cyto- | Prefix meaning cell. | 38 | |
16045042629 | Phospholipid Membrane | Cell membrane composed of phospholipids, proteins (transport), cholesterol, and aquaporins.. | 39 | |
16045042630 | Pore | A small opening (hole) to allow materials to pass in and out of an area. | 40 | |
16045042631 | Passive | No energy needed to allow material passage. | 41 | |
16045042632 | Aquaporin | Protein channels in the cell membrane that allow for quick water passage. | 42 | |
16045042633 | Hydrophilic | Attracted to water. | 43 | |
16045042634 | Hydrophobic | Repelled by water. | 44 | |
16045042635 | Plant Cell | 1 large vacuole. Chloroplasts Cell wall (cellulose) | 45 | |
16045042636 | Animal Cell | Many small vacuoles Cell membrane only Centrioles Lysosomes | 46 | |
16045042637 | Phospholipid | Makes up the cell membrane. Composed of a phosphate 'head' (hydrophilic) and 2 fatty acid 'tails' (hydrophobic). | 47 | |
16045042638 | Semi-permeable | Allows some materials (not all) to pass through. | 48 | |
16045042639 | Selective permeability | The ability to decide which particles enter and leave a cell. | 49 | |
16045042640 | Cholesterol | Stiff sterol lipid in the cell membrane that provides strength and rigidity. | 50 | |
16045042641 | Concentration | The amount of dissolved solute in a solvent. Usually expressed as a percent. | 51 | |
16045042642 | Solution | Solute + solvent | 52 | |
16045042643 | Solute | Particles dissolved in a liquid (solvent) | 53 | |
16045042644 | Solvent | A liquid particles (solute) are dissolved in | 54 | |
16045042645 | Permeability | How well a substance can pass through something. | 55 | |
16045042646 | [cyto]Lysis | Cell bursting (exploding) | 56 | |
16045042647 | Plasmolysis | Cell shrinking | 57 | |
16045042648 | Endocytosis | Taking things in from the surrounding environment by creating a vesicle. | 58 | |
16045042649 | Exocytosis | Getting rid of wastes into the surrounding environment by expelling a vesicle. | 59 | |
16045042650 | Pinocytosis | Taking in water from the environment via endocytosis. Cell drinking. | 60 | |
16045042651 | Phagocytosis | Taking in food from the environment via endocytosis. Cell eating. | 61 | |
16045042652 | Osmotic solution | The solution outside a cell. | 62 | |
16045042653 | Hyper- | Above, over, a lot | 63 | |
16045042654 | Hypo- | Under, low, a few, a little | 64 | |
16045042655 | Iso- | Even, equal | 65 | |
16045042656 | What can pass through the cell membrane? | Non-polar & uncharged molecules because of the hydrophobic tails. | 66 | |
16045042657 | What cannot pass through the cell membrane? | Polar & charged molecules/ions. Water, sugars, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids and ions | 67 | |
16045042658 | sodium-potassium pump | A transport protein in the plasma membrane of animal cells that actively transports sodium out of the cell and potassium into the cell. | 68 | |
16045042659 | How do polar and charged molecules cross the membrane? | Through transport proteins! | 69 | |
16045042660 | endosymbiotic theory | theory that eukaryotic cells formed from a symbiosis among several different prokaryotic organisms | 70 | |
16045042661 | endosymbiotic theory evidence | -Mitochondria and chloroplast have 2 membranes -Mitochondria have their own circular DNA, similar to bacteria -Mitochondria are close to the same size as bacteria | 71 |
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