Vocabulary
Protects and controls what moves in and out of the cell
cell membrane
Name the stages in order
interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
All cells must have
DNA
How do cells organize into different levels?
similar cells come together to form tissues
different tissues come together to form organs
several organs work together in an organ system
Contains all of the genetic information of the cell
DNA
The stage when the nucleus divides in two
mitosis
Genes control an organism's....
traits
The cell changes (mutation)
The mutated cell functions abnormally
The mutated cell divides uncontrollably, may form a tumor
Define "cells"
basic building blocks of all living things
The stage when the new cells separate from each other, or look like they're pinched in two
cytokinesis
Similarities between animal and plant cells
nucleus
cell membrane
ribosomes
mitochondrion
golgi body
endoplasmic reticulum
Explain why each organism is unique
Organisms inherit traits from their parents
Traits are determined by genes, which are made of DNA
DNA is in different patterns
Patterns are the code to give the cell instructions, each pattern is unique making each organism unique
How many chromosomes are in a "normal" human cell?
46
The stage when the cell grows the most
interphase
differences between animal and plant cells
animal cells have a vacuole
animal cells have a cell membrane
animal cells have chloroplast
How does the complexity of a cell show it was a purposeful design (by God)?
Cells are tiny but have many organelle performing different functions.
In the nucleus there are chromosomes, DNA, and genes which carry the instructions for the cell.
Everything works together so it must have been designed on purpose