Cell Organelles
What is the function of the nucleus?
What is storing DNA and instructing the cell?
What is meant by 'semi-permeable'?
The cell cycle can be separated into two distinct phases. Which phase occurs "in between" rounds of mitosis?
What is interphase
What is the definition of optimal?
What is the best something can be for the given conditions
What is the main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
What is the presence or absence of a nucleus
Which organelle is the 'cleaner' of the cell?
What is the lysosome?
What is the 2-layered structure of the cell membrane called?
What is the phospholipid bilayer
What are the three phases that are part of inter-phase in the cell cycle in order?
What are G1, S, and G2
The rate at which wastes are produced by a cell depends on the cell's...
What is volume
What kind of molecules would need the help of a protein channel in order to cross a cell membrane?
Which organelles would you see in a plant cell but not an animal cell?
What is the cell wall and chloroplasts?
Which type of transport occurs when solutes move against a concentration gradient (from low to high)?
What is active transport
In which phase of mitosis do duplicated chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell and attach to spindle fibers?
What is metaphase
The optimal surface area to volume ratio of a cell should be...
What is small
What is a collection of multiple specialized cells of the same type?
What is a tissue
What is the complete model of the cell membrane called?
What is the fluid mosaic model
What is the diffusion of water across a semi permeable membrane?
What is osmosis
What is the cell part that is used in mitosis to form the spindle fibers and pull the chromosomes toward opposite ends of the cell?
What are centrioles
As a cell becomes larger, its surface area to volume ratio...
What is decreases
What purposes does cell division serve for an organism?
What are growth, repair, and tissue differentiation
What is the difference in function between the rough ER and the smooth ER?
Compared to small cells, large cells have more trouble doing what cell process?
What is transport of materials in and out of the cell
When chromosomes duplicate and condense into a 'bunny ears' formation, what is each half of the chromosome called?
What are sister chromatids
What is meant by 'information overload'?
What is the name of the process where cells become different specified types of cells (like liver cells vs. skin cells)?
What is differentiation