Living things
What is an organism?
Any living thing made up of cells.
What is the function of a cell membrane?
It controls what passes into and out of the cell.
What is a cell?
The basic unit of structure and function in all living things
What does maintain mean?
To keep in an existing state
What is replication?
To double something
Name two characteristics of living things
1. They're made of cells
2. Uses energy
3. responds to an environment
4. Grows, develops, and reproduces
What organelles are only in plant cells?
Chloroplast and cell wall
What is resolution?
Helps distinguish objects
What does selectively permeable mean?
Some substances can go into the cell while others can't
Name the three stages of cell division.
Interphase, Mitosis, and Cytokenisis
What is homeostasis?
The maintenence of a stable internal environment.
Lysosomes
What is cell theory?
All living things are made of cells
Cells are the basic structure and function in all living things
All new cells are from old ones
What are the three forms of passive transport?
Osmosis, Diffusion, and Facilitated Diffusion
What does interphase mean?
(what happens during interphase)
The cell grows and copies DNA
What's an example of a unicellular organism?
Bacteria
What's the connection between the Golgi apparatus and the Endoplasmic reticulum?
The GA (Golgi apparatus) packages materials and sends materials to the ER (Endoplasmic reticulum)
Who first observed living cells?
Anton Van Leewenhoek
What is the difference between passive and active transport?
One uses energy while the other does not.
Cytokenisis refers to what organelle? What does it do?
The Cytoplasm, it stores water, food, and waste
Name 10 multicellular organisms
(Name ten animals)
What is every organelle in a plant cell?
Cell wall, Chloroplas, Ribosomes, Mitochondrion, Golgi apparatus, Endoplasmic Reticulum
How do electron microscopes work?
They use beams of electrons to scan objects.
What materials does a cell get from passive transport?
Sugar, Water, and Oxygen
Name ALL of the stages of cell division, including the stages of Mitosis (in order)
Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, and Cytokenisis