Cell Structure and Function
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What is a cell?
The ability to maintain internal balance.
What is Homeostasis?
A virus that infects bacteria.
What is a bacteriophage?
Plants have this type of cell and are mostly autotrophs.
What are eukaryotic cells?
A plant’s response to light.
What is phototropism?
This cell type has a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
The diffusion of water across a cell membrane.
What is Osmosis?
Misfolded proteins that cause diseases.
What are prions?
The waxy layer that prevents water loss on leaves.
What is the cuticle?
A plant’s response to gravity.
What is gravitropism?
This organelle is the “powerhouse” of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
The movement of materials from high to low concentration.
What is diffusion?
A virus in the lysogenic cycle is called this.
What is a prophage (or provirus)?
This vascular tissue moves water upward in the plant.
What is the Xylem?
The triploid cell in angiosperms becomes this food source for the embryo.
What is endosperm?
The “control center” of the cell that contains DNA.
What is the Nucleus?
Transport that requires energy.
What is active transport?
What two parts make up a virus?
What are genetic material (DNA/RNA) and a protein coat?
This vascular tissue moves sugars throughout the plant.
What is phloem?
Seed dispersal prevents this between parent and offspring.
What is competition?
This organelle packages and ships proteins like a post office.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
A solution that causes a cell to swell because water moves in.
What is a hypotonic Solution?
Viruses need this to reproduce.
What is a host Cell?
The type of tissue responsible for photosynthesis, storage, and support.
What is Ground Tissue?
When a seed begins to grow into a new plant.
What is germination?