Organelles
The brain of the cell where all of the genetic information is stored.
nucleus
Hating or being scared of water.
hydrophobic
The pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy.
chlorophyll
aerobic
The stage of mitosis where chromosomes line up in the middle.
metaphase
The organelle that makes the energy for the cell.
mitochondria
hydrophilic
Two kinds of light that plants absorb the best.
red and blue
Where cellular respiration takes place.
mitochondria
Stage of the cell cycle where DNA is replicated.
S (synthesis)
Flagella and/or cilia.
The amount of layers in a cell membrane.
2
The fluid in a chloroplast.
stroma
Where glycolysis takes place.
cytoplasm
The name for loose DNA found during interphase and cytokinesis.
chromatin
An organelle that breaks down toxic waste in the cell and gets rid of oxygen radicals.
lysosomes
The term used to describe how a cell membrane lets some things in and not others.
selective permeability
Where light dependent reactions take place.
thylakoids
How many ATP glycolysis makes.
2
The stage of mitosis where the nuclear envelope begins to reform.
telophase
The organelle that sorts, packages, and ships proteins around the cell.
Golgi apparatus
The three parts of a phospholipid.
Phosphate group, glycerol, two fatty acid chains.
Step where sugars are made in photosynthesis.
light independent reactions
Step of cellular respiration where carbon dioxide is given off as a product.
Krebs Cycle
What the cap on the end of a chromosome is called.
telomere