Cell Vocabulary
What is the definition of homeostasis?
A cell wants to stay stable when responding to stimuli.
What does the lysosome do?
It removes and breaks down waste in the cell.
What does it mean for the cell membrane to be semi-permeable?
Some things can get through but not all.
Which is NOT a phase of mitosis?
Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase.
Where would the liver fall in the level of organization?
An Organ
What is the process that uses Carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to make glucose and oxygen
Photosynthesis
The principle is like the ________ of a cell.
Nucleus
What is it call when the cell uses a vesicle to have something exit from the cell?
Exocytosis
What happens during prophase?
The chromosomes are visible and spindle fibers spread out.
What is the smallest level of organization?
Organelle
What is the difference between a prokaryote and a eukaryote?
Prokaryotes have no membrane bound organelles and eukaryotes do.
What do ribosomes produce?
Proteins
In osmosis things move from a __________ concentration to a __________ concentration.
High; low
What happens in metaphase?
The chromosomes line up in the middle and the spindle fibers attach.
Put the following in the order from least to most complex:
Sunflower Plant Cell Mitochondria Leaf
Mitochondria, Plant Cell, Leaf, Sunflower
Why do plants have a large central vacuole?
To hold the water and nutrients for the cell.
What does the mitochondria produce during cellular respiration?
Water, CO2, and ATP
Diffusion deals with the movement of what?
Molecules.
What happens in anaphase?
The spindle fibers pull the chromosome to the opposite side of the cell.
Which is more complex, a sunflower or a leaf?
The sunflower.
If something is made of more than one cell it is _________.
Multicellular
What organelle is only in plants?
Chloroplast/ cell wall
Which type of transport requires energy?
Active transport
True or False- Cytokinesis is a part of mitosis cycle.
False. It is NOT a part of the mitosis cycle.
From most simple to most complex tell me the order of organization.
Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Organism