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Nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- contains genetic information and regulates
cell growth, metabolism, and reproduction.
Mitochondria - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- breaks down glucose producing
energy (ATP)
Ribosome - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- synthesizes proteins
Endoplasmic Reticulum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- production of phospholipids
Lysosome - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Digest materials engulfed by cells
Cytoskeleton - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Helps transport molecules inside cell
and binds to enzymes of metabolic pathways
Golgi - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- sorts, chemically modifies and packages
proteins
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,Diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Movement of molecules from an area of
higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
Passive Process - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- substances cross the membrane
without any energy input from the cell
facilitated diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- requires a carrier protein
(Molecule)
Osmosis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Diffusion of water through a selectively
permeable membrane from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher
concentration
Osmolarity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- describes fluid outside the body
Osmolality - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- describes fluids inside the body
Active Transport - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Ex. NA+ K+ pump, requires ATP
(energy)
Endocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- process of bringing a substance into cell
that is too large. The cell membrane engulfs.
Phagocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- eats solid particles
Pinocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- drinks liquid particles
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, Exocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- release of material from the cell into cell
membrane with the assistance of a vessicle. Ex. Glands secrete hormones through
exocytosis
Chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- located in the nucleus of the cell.
There are 46 chromosomes in all normal human cells, with the exception of mature
sex cells, which have 23.
DNA - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- contains the genetic information that makes up
the chromosomes.
Chromatin - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Clusters of DNA, RNA, and proteins in
the nucleus of a cell that is wrapped around histone proteins
base pairing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Adenine+ Thymine, Cytosine+ Guanine
Genes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- DNA segments that serve as the key
functional units in hereditary transmission.
Genotype - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- genetic makeup of an organism
Karotype - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Gene blueprint
Genome - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- the complete instructions for making an
organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes
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