AP Bio Unit 2

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Eukaryotes

Organisms made up of one or more cells that have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, DNA in nucleus

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Prokaryotes

Single celled organisms that do not contain nuclei and instead store DNA in the nucleoid. Also does not have membrane-bound organelles.

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Plasma membrane

A selectively-permeable phospholipid bilayer forming the boundary of the cells. A "fluid mosaic" made of phospholipids, macromolecules, and proteins

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Cell Wall

made up of carbs, surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms

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Cytoplasm

jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended

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Cytosol

Fluid portion of cytoplasm

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Ribosomes

Site of protein synthesis, either found in the cytoplasm or on the rough ER. Not membrane bound, made of rRNA and proteins.

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Rough ER

Network of membrane tubes studded with ribosomes; proteins are synthesized and packaged for possible export to the golgi.

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Smooth ER

Network of membrane tubes; detoxifies cell, stores calcium ions, and is involved in lipid synthesis.

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Golgi complex

Flattened membrane-bound sacs, receives and modifies proteins, preparing them for possible export out of the cell

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Mitochondria

Double-membraned organelle, site of cellular respiration, or ATP energy production.

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Lysosomes

Membraneous sac of hydrolytic enzymes used to digest macromolecules or break them down to reusable materials (monomers), acidic pH

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Vacuoles

A membrane bound sac with a variety of uses; can store water/macromolecules, release waste, etc

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Chloroplasts

Found in plant cells, a double membraned organelle that is the site of photosynthesis

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Nuclear envelope

double membrane that surrounds the nucleus in the cell

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Nuclear pores

Channels in the nuclear envelope that allow materials to pass in and out of the nucleus, connecting layers of the double membrane

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Nucleoid

dense region of DNA in a prokaryotic cell

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Nucleoli

Dense masses of RNA and protein that manufacture ribosomes, several of these are located in the nucleus.

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Food vacuoles

fuses with lysosomes, uses enzymes to digest food

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Contractile vacuoles

works to pump excess water out of a cell

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Central vacuoles (plants)

formed by the merging of smaller vacuoles, play a major role in plant growth, store inorganic ions

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Hydrolytic enzymes

found in lysosomes that speed up/aid in the breakdown of chemical bonds through hydrolysis

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Cilia

Locomotor appendages that are short and numerous, can move fluid and receive signals

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Flagella

Locomotor appendages that are long and whip-like, move like a fish tale, not many

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Plasmodesmata

channels through plant cell walls that connect the cytoplasms of adjacent cells

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Lumen


the space inside of an organelle, the space in the rough ER

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Glycoproteins

have covalently bonded carbohydrate chains

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Secretory proteins

destined for release from the cell

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Peripheral proteins

loosely bound to the membrane surface or attached to an integral protein

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Integral proteins

penetrate the lipid bilayer, usually spans the entire membrane

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thylakoid

folded membrane compartments in stacks called grana, light dependent photosyntheisis reactions

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stroma

fluid between inner chloroplast membrane and outer thylakoids, carbon fixation reactions

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microvilli

projections that increase the cells surfact area

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microtubules

hollow rod composed of tubulin proteins that makes up part of the cytoskeleton in all eukaryotic cells

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cytoskeleton

network whos components are made of proteins that holds the cell together, helps to keep its shape, aids in movement

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centrosome

region where the cells microtubules are initiated

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chromatin

material consisting of DNA and proteins, visible as chromosomes in dividing cells

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endoplasmic reticulum

network of membrane tubes in cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells

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small cell size

easy to move materials in/out, smaller cell = more SA-V ratio

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osmosis

diffusion specifically for water

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isotonic

free water = solution, flacid

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hypotonic

free water > solution, low concentration moves to high, turgid

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hypertonic

free water < solution, high concentration moves to low, plasmolysis

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fluid mosaic model

proteins bobbing in a fluid lipid bilayer of phospholipids, held together by hydrophobic interactions

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aquaporins

channel proteins to help water get through plasma membrane

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diffusion

movement of molecules from high to low concentration, small nonpolar molecules

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concentration gradient

region along which the density of a substance increases/decreases

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passive transport

moving down concentration gradient, doesnt require energy

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osmosis

diffusion specifically for water, going from less concentrated solution to more for equilibrium

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facilitated diffusion

high to low concentration with transport proteins, hydrophilic and charged ions

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active transport

requires energy to move molecule up concentration gradient

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membrane potential

voltage across a membrane

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electrochemical gradient

chemical force (concentration gradient) and electrical force (effect of membrane potential on ions movement)

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endocytosis

vesicle forms and transports macromolecules into cell (phagocytosis, pinocytosis, receptor mediated endocytosis)

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exocytosis

vesicle transports macromolecules out of plasma membrane

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cholesterol

steroid, randomly wedged between phospholipids, regulates bilayer fluidity

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selectively permeable

small nonpolar can pass freely, hydrophilic/large polar cant pass freely

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phagocytosis

cell takes in large particles

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pinocytosis

cell takes in extracellular fluid containing dissolved substances

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receptor mediated endocytosis

receptor proteins on the cell membrane are used to capture specific target molecules

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tonicity

measure of the relative concentration of solute between two solutions

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turgor pressure

cell wall expands and puts pressure on cell

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water potential

measure of how likely water is to move from one location to another (solute and pressure potwntial)

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solute potential

greater concentration of a solute, lower the water potential, inverse relationship, highest is zero

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pressure potential

physical pressure increases water potential, direct relationship

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compartmentalization

allows various metabolic processes and specific enzymatic reactions to occur simultaneously, increasing cell efficiency

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endosymbiosis

one organism lives inside the other, internalization of prokaryotes by ancestral eukaryotes resulting in formation of mitochondria and chloroplast

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