What am I?
Cell Structure and Function
Review
What am I?
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I modify proteins & lipids.
I am a stack of flattened membranes.
I send packages (vesicles) through (or out
of) the cell.
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I am the Golgi apparatus.
What am I?
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I am separately enclosed in my own
membrane.
Some examples of me are Golgi apparatus,
lysosomes, vacuoles, mitochondria,
chloroplasts.
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I am a cell organelle.
What am I?
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I make up plants, animals, fungi, and protists.
I have many different types of membranebound organelles.
I have a nucleus which protects my
chromosomes.
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I am a eukaryotic cell.
What am I?
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Folds of my membranes are used to package &
modify proteins made by ribosomes. They also
make lipids
I have 2 types.
 "Rough" - which is usually near nucleus and
covered with ribosomes giving it its "rough"
appearance.
 "Smooth" - which is usually away from the
nucleus
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I am endoplasmic reticulum.
What am I?
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I am very small.
I was the original living inhabitant of Earth.
I do not have a nucleus.
I do not have membrane-bound organelles.
Examples of me include eubacteria and
archaebacteria
I have a single strand of circular "naked" DNA
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I am a Prokaryotic cell.
What am I?
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I contain DNA packaged in structures called
chromosomes.
I control most cell processes.
I contain a nucleolus.
I am surrounded by a nuclear envelope.
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I am the Nucleus.
What level of organization am I?
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I am made up of cells that are similar in
structure and function.
The cells that make me up work together to
perform a specific activity.
Humans have 4 basic types: connective,
epithelial, muscle, and nerve.
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I am tissue.
What am I?
I am the living material between the
nucleus and the cell membrane
• I contain other structures.
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I am cytoplasm.
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What environment am I?
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Hypertonic
What Am I?
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I provide support and protection for
plants, fungi, and other cells.
I am made of cellulose or chitin.
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I am the cell wall.
What level of organization am I?
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I can serve a specific function within the
organism.
I can be part of a living thing.
I can be a complete living thing.
I am the basic unit of structure and function
in living things.
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I am a cell.
What am I?
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I am a eukaryotic cell.
What am I?
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I am NOT membrane-bound.
I am found in prokaryotes.
I am granular in appearance.
Often I am found on "rough" endoplasmic
reticulum.
I manufacture proteins.
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I am Ribosomes.
What am I?
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I digest food particles.
I destroy worn-out organelles.
I destroy worn-out cells.
I contain a powerful digestive enzyme.
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I am a lysosome.
What am I?
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Diffusion
What am I?
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I am sometimes called the "powerhouse of the
cell“.
I generate chemical energy by breaking down
glucose.
I am the site of cellular respiration.
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I am the mitochondria.
What am I?
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I am the site of photosynthesis.
I contain chlorophyll - a green pigment
I am found in plant cells and some
protists.
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I am a chloroplast.
What level of organization am I?
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I represent the entire living thing.
I can carry out all basic life processes such as take in
materials, release energy from food, release wastes,
grow, respond to the environment, and reproduce.
I am usually made up of organ systems.
I can made up of only one cell such as bacteria or
protist.
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I am an organism.
What am I?
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I am a Prokaryotic cell
What am I?
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Diffusion and osmosis are examples of me.
I am the movement of molecules from areas
of greater concentration to areas of lesser
concentration that occur WITHOUT the
use of energy.
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Passive Transport
What am I?
I occur in some prokaryotes, protists & animals. Do
not occur with fungi and plants
 I serve as construction/ organization points for
cellular microtubules
 I organize and transfer chromosomes and other
organelles during meiosis & mitosis
I am tube-like structures that are usually at right
angles to each other.
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I am the centrioles.
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What am I?
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I occur only in water.
I am the diffusion of water through a selectively
permeable membrane.
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I am osmosis.
What level of organization am I?
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I am made of groups of two or more organs that
work together to perform a specific function for
the organism.
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The Human body has 11 of me - circulatory,
digestive, endocrine, excretory (urinary),
immune (lymphatic), integumentary, muscular,
nervous, reproductive, respiratory, and skeletal.
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I am an organ system.
What environment am I?
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Isotonic Cell
What am I?
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I am a type of transport.
I am movement of molecules from a less
crowded to a more crowded area.
I need energy.
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I am active transport.
What level of organization am I?
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I can serve a specific function within the
organism
I am the basic unit of structure and function in
living things.
I can be part of a living thing.
I can be a complete living thing.
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I am a cell.
What level of organization am I?
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I am made up of tissues that work together to
perform a specific activity.
I could be a heart, a brain, skin, or lungs.
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I am an organ.
What am I?
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Plant cells have a large one of me.
I provide turgor pressure to maintain plant
cell structure.
I can store water, lipid, waste, and food.
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I am a vacuole
What environment am I?
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Hypotonic
What am I?
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Cells are the basic units of life.
All living things are made of cells.
All cells are produced by existing
cells.
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I am the Cell Theory.
What am I?
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This is the last slide.
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I am
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THE END.