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All ______________ things are made of one or more cells
Living
thin, flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Cell Membrane
What does the cell membrane do?
Keeps good stuff in and bad stuff out
What phrase can we use to help us remember the importance of mitochondria?
"Powerhouse of the cell"
Cells are the basic unit of ______________
Life
When cells divide
Meiosis or Mitosis
What does Mitochondria do?
Extracts energy from nutrients
Name 2 of the 4 items that go with Chloroplast
- only in plant cells
- helps plants make food by using sunlight
- work like solar panels
- food producers
Cells live in groups called _______________
Tissues
large structure inside some cells that contains the cell’s genetic material (DNA) and controls the cell’s activities
Nucleus
How does selective permeability work?
like a door that only lets certain things in or out
Name 2 of the 3 items that go with Mitochondria
- take food we eat and turn into energy
- powerhouse of cell
When two or more tissues combine, they form
Organs
fluid material inside the cell membrane (not including the nucleus or other organelles)
Cytoplasm
How does the phospholipid bilayer work?
molecules can pass through the membrane easily but others can’t because they are too big
hair-like projections outside the cell made of microtubules, enable cells to “swim” through liquids, like “oars on a boat”
Cilia and Flagella
Each cell is a sack of jelly-like fluid called ________________________
Cytoplasm
stack of membranes in the cell in which enzymes attach carbohydrates and lipids to proteins
Golgi Apparatus (or Golgi Body)
releases energy from stored food molecules; “Powerhouse of the cell”
Mitochondria
found in plants cells and some other organisms; uses energy from sunlight to make energy-rich food molecules by photosynthesis
Chloroplast