Parts of the Cell
Part of the cell which contains DNA
What is the nucleus?
Single-celled organism that lacks a true nucleus
What is a prokaryote?
Living things produce offspring, either sexually or asexually
What is Reproduction?
The smallest unit of life
What is a cell?
Cells in which the entire genome is active
What are embryonic stem cells?
Site of ATP production by aerobic respiration
What is a mitochondrion?
Single-celled or multicellular organism with a cell/cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus
What is a eukaryote?
The removal of metabolic waste
What is excretion?
All ____________ are made of cells
What are living things?
The fewer active ________ a cell possesses the more specialized it will become.
What are genes?
Long, thin projection from the cell surface which is used to move the cell.
What is a flagellum?
Prokaryotes divide by _____________________
What is binary fission?
Living things can change size / shape
What is Growth?
Where new cells come from
What are pre-existing cells?
Small cells have a greater ____________________ ratio than big cells, making them more efficient than big cells
What is surface area to volume (SA:Vol)?
Part of cell which modifies proteins from the rER.
Golgi Apparatus
In binary fission, a single parent cell produces 2 __________________ daughter cells
What is identical?
The maintenance and regulation of internal cell conditions, e.g. water and pH
What is Homeostasis?
This part of the human body challenges cell theory because it is multi-nucleated (has more than one nucleus)
These are part of the structure of flagella and play role in cell division (2 words)
What are microtubules and centrioles?
Contains digestive enzymes
What are lysosomes?
Binary fission is ____________, meaning only one parent is necessary for reproduction
What is asexual?
The web of all the enzyme-catalyzed reactions in a cell or organism, e.g. respiration
What is Metabolism?
This challenges the idea that a cell is a single unit.
What is aseptate fungal hyphae
In binary fission, _____________ forms 2 separate cells
What is Cytokinesis?