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the basic structural units of plants and animals are |
cells |
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This basic structural unit was first identified and named about _______ years ago |
300 |
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One definition of life given in this LIFEPAC is ____________ |
uninterrupted succession of cells |
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A remarkable fact about cells is _________ |
they're very different, yet very similar |
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Give 3 ways plant and animal cells are similar in structure |
they all have plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus |
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Give 3 ways plant and animal cells are different in structure |
cell wall in plants, vacuoles that contain cell sap in plants, and chloroplasts in cells |
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Give 3 ways plant and animal cells are similar in function |
take energy and convert it to other forms, build and maintain themselves, exchange substances between their internal and outside environments |
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Give 3 ways plant and animal cells are different in function |
plants make chlorophyll, vacuoles in plants store cell sap, and plastids in plants |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: nucleus |
round substance that functions as cell's headquarters |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: nucleolus |
small dark body found in nucleus that contains concentration of RNA |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: chromosome |
thread like bodies in nucleus that carries genes or inheritance of cells |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: cytoplasm |
protoplasm or living substance that contains everything outside the nucleus |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: mitochondria |
tiny rod shaped cell bodies that act as cell power houses |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: chloroplast |
tiny body that contains chlorophyll |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: endoplasmic reticulum |
system of membranes that provides channels for transport and divides cytoplasm into compartments |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: Golgi bodies |
groups of flattened tubes and membrane sacs that collect and package cell building materials |
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Describe the structure and function of each of the following cell parts: cell wall |
surrounds cell and provides support |
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a mass of like cells makes up a |
simple tissue |
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a mass of cells with more than one cell type make up a |
complex tissue |
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a research method known as ________ has shown that 1 individual cell has the potential to develop into a whole plant |
tissue culture |
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Probably the most common cell making up the bulk of the plant body is |
Parenchyma |
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The water-conducting tissue is called the |
xylem |
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the food-conducting tissue is called |
phloem |
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the outermost layer of cells of a plant body is |
epidermis |
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the oblong support cells in young green stems or leaf stalks are |
collenchyma |
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the thick-walled cells important for support in older plant tissues are |
sclerenchyma |