SOS Biology Unit 3 Quiz 3
ATP
(adenosine triphosphate) main energy source that cells use for most of their work
diaphragm
Controls the amount of light that passes through the microscope slide
hypertonic
Having a higher concentration of salt than a normal solution.
hypotonic
Having a lower concentration of salt than another solution
hemaglobin
Iron containing part of the blood to make blood red.
erothrocyte
Red Blood Cells
tissue
cells working together to perform a particular task
digestion
food vacuoles and lysosome
cellular level
organisms at this level are either unicellular or colonial
cellular respiration
passive diffusion
cell wall
plant cell
Golgi bodies
produce and package secretions
ribosome
production of protein
centrioles
spindle production for cell division
neuron
A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses.
synapse
Junction between neurons
muscle fiber
a very, long contracting cell
cytoplasm
all cellular material outside the nucleus
phagocytosis
cell engulfs particles in cell "eating"
Self organizing cells
evolutionary process where cells define their best fit and function through trial and error
glycosis
first step in releasing the energy of glucose, in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid
facilitated diffusion
molecules helped by protein, move from high to low concentration
ingestion
phagocytosis
nucleolus
ribosome production
specialization
the limiting of the function of a cell to a specific function
endoplasmic reticulum
transportation routes in cell
passive diffusion
transports oxygen, carbon dioxide
pinocytosis
transports proteins, nucleic acids
active transport
transports sodium, potassium
division of labor
work being divided up into specialized tasks
