Cell Organelles
The powerhouse of the cell
What is Mitochondria?
Uses energy to get across the membrane
What is active transport?
The attraction of water molecules to other substances
What is adhesion?
The process in which glucose is created from light energy, carbon dioxide, and water
What is Photosynthesis
Examined a cork using a hand-made microscope and saw empty chambers which he called "cells"
The organelle that contains DNA
What is Nucleus?
The phospholipid tails are said to be hydro______ since they are made up of lipids
What is hyrdophobic?
The _____ _____ cells absorb water and minerals from the soil.
What is root hair?
Opening in lower epidermis which allows for gas exchange between the leaf and the outside environment?
What is Stomata?
Disproved the theory of spontaneous generation
What is Louis Pasteur?
Captures energy from the sun to make food
What is chloroplast?
Movement of water molecules along their concentration gradient
What is Osmosis?
The place where the products of photosynthesis are stored after travelling through the phloem
What is sink?
Tubers are part of the _______ system of the plant
Who proposed that all organism are made up of cells and that the cell was the basic unit of life. (two ppl)
What is Schwann and Schleiden?
Can be described as "storage tanks" since it can hold food, water or waste for the cell
What is Vacuole?
If a cell has a high solute concentration water will go inside since the cell is in a ___________ solution
What is Hypotonic?
The force that draws water up the xylem vessels to the leaves is called
What is transpiration pull?
Palisade and spongy cells are located in the (two possible answers)
What is Ground tissue? What is Mesophyll Tissue?
Investigated the area of elongation
What is Peter Boysen-Jensen?
Organelle in charge of making proteins (can be found bound to something or floating)
What is Ribosomes?
What is channel proteins?
The theory that explains the movement of food through the phloem
What is Pressure-Flow Hypothesis?
Lenghtening of cells on the shaded side of the plant, causing the plant to bend towards the light.
What is cell elongation?
Discovered the hormone, Auxin
What is F.W Went?