SOS Biology Unit 3 Quiz 3

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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


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