Cell Theory/Organelles
Name a tenet of the cell theory.
What is
1. all living things are made of cells
2. all cells come from pre-existing cells
3. the cell is the basic unit of life
What are the two main types of transport?
What is passive and active?
What is one function of the cell cycle?
What is growth and repair or reproduction?
What is programmed cell death called?
What is apoptosis?
What is a cell that lacks specialized function called?
What is a stem cell?
What organelles are found only in plant cells?
What is chloroplast, central vacuole and cell wall
Does passive transport move up or down the concentration gradient?
What is down?
What are the stages of mitosis in order?
What is prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase?
Cancer cells form disorganized clumps called ________.
What are tumors?
What does "regulate" mean?
What is to control?
What are the four things prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have in common?
What is DNA, cytoplasm, ribosomes and cell membrane
What are the types of passive transport?
What is osmosis, simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion
At what stage in mitosis does chromatin condense?
What is prophase?
What is a carcinogen?
What is a substance that causes cancer?
What is the word for cells developing with a specialized function?
What is differentiation?
What organelles are only found in animal cells?
What are centrosomes and lysosomes
What are the parts of the cell membrane?
What are phospholipids, cholesterols, proteins and carbohydrates?
What would result if anaphase did not occur properly during mitosis?
What is cells would have an abnormal number of chromosomes?
What are proteins that stimulate cell division called?
What are growth factors?
What kind of tumors metastatize and break away to form more tumors?
What is malignant tumor?
What five organelles are found in the prokaryotic cell?
What is DNA, cytoplasm, ribosomes, cell membrane and cell wall
A solution in which the solute on the outside of the cell is higher than the concentration of solute inside the cell will affect the cell how?
What is the cell will shrivel/dry?
What are the three parts of interphase and what occurs in each step?
What is
G1- growth and protein synthesis
Synthesis- DNA replication
G2- more growth and protein synthesis
Throughout the cell’s cycle, there are built in checkpoints that are designed to be a check and balance system for the cell. What do these checkpoints look for?
What is proper cell growth and replication?
Name two real-world applications of stem cells.
What is
grow new cells in a laboratory to replace damaged organs or tissues.
correct parts of organs that don't work properly.
research causes of genetic defects in cells.
research how diseases occur or why certain cells develop into cancer cells.
test new drugs for safety and effectiveness.