Definitions
Define Cells
What is the lowest level of organization that can perform all activities required for life?
Name three structures that eukaryotic cells have.
What is the Nucleolus, mitochondrion, rough er, smooth er, Golgi body, etc?
Name three structures that prokaryotic cells have.
What are capsules, nucleoids, pili, and a peptidoglycan cell wall?
The phospholipid bilayer is composed of...
What are the hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail?
Define Homeostasis
What is the regulation of internal environment?
Name the purpose of the mitochondria.
What is the site of aerobic respiration?
The purpose of a flagellum is...
What does it mean to move cells through watery environments?
Name the three types of tonicity.
What is isotonic, hypertonic, and hypotonic?
Define plasma membrane.
What is the membrane found in all cells that separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment?
Name the fluid that is inside of the mitochondrion.
What is the matrix?
Name the 2 ways prokaryotic cells can reproduce.
What are binary fission (asexual reproduction) and conjugation (sexual reproduction)?
The types of molecules that can diffuse by simple diffusion are...
What are small, nonpolar molecules?
Define diffusion.
What is the movement from a higher concentration to a lower concentration?
Name the 3 components of the cytoskeleton.
What are the microtubules (tubulin), intermediate filaments, and microfilaments (actin)?
Name the domains of life that have prokaryotic cells.
What are Domain Archaea and Domain Bacteria?
Give two types of examples of molecules that can go through facilitated diffusion.
What are water and ion molecules?