• What popular video game character can Phagocytosis be compared to?
Pac-man
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• How does do individual cells maintain homeostasis?
The brow, respond to the environment, transform energy, and reproduce.
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Who discovered cells?
Robert Hooke
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• The nuclear envelope is dotted with thousands of…
Nuclear pores.
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• What is the difference between passive and active transport?
Passive transport uses energy and active transport does not.
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• Multicellular organisms are ________________.
Interdependent
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• What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
Prokaryotic cells do not separate their genetic material within a nucleus.
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• What is the function of the Lysosome?
Lysosomes break down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell. They are also involved in breaking down organelles that have outlived their usefulness.
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• What is the process by which particles move from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration?
Facilitated Diffusion.
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• What are the 4 levels of organization?
Cell, tissue, organ, organ system.
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Where do eukaryotes enclose their DNA?
Nuclei
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• What organelles make the transport protein?
Proteins are assembled on ribosomes.
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• What is the function of aquaporins?
They are water channel proteins that allow water molecules to pass right through the cell membrane.
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• How could you compare a multicellular organism to a baseball team?
Each player has a particular position. And to play the game effectively, players and coaches communicate with one another.
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• What are the types of Microscopes?
Transmission, Light, Scanning.
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• What does it mean when some substances can pass through the membrane and others cannot?
The membrane is selectively permeable.
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• Translate isotonic, hypertonic, and hypotonic.
‘same strength,’ ‘above strength,’ and ‘below strength.’
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• How do cellular junctions and receptors help an organism maintain homeostasis?
They allow chemical messages to pass from cell to cell. The messages can tell the cells what they need to do. Like electrical signals sent to the heart tell it when to pump.