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| List the parts of the cell theory |
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1) Every living thing is made of one or more cells
2)Cells carry out the functions needed to support life
3)Cells come only from other living cells |
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| List and describe the steps in the cell cycle |
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1) Interphase - Cells grow and carry out functions
2) Mitosis - Cell prepares to divide
3) Cytokinesis - Cytoplasm of parent cells divides |
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| List and describe the steps in mitosis |
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1) Prophase - Chromosomes form inside nucleus
2) Metaphase - Chromosomes line up in middle
3) Anaphase - Chromatids split into chromosomes & pull to sides
4) Telophase - Cell membrane begins to pinch in middle |
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| Describe asexual reproduction |
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| Organism produces offspring by itself with the same genetic material |
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| Smallest unit able to perform functions of life |
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| You constantly are gaining cells once the cell cycle is completed |
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| What did Robert Hooke do? |
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| First to discover cells (dead) and named them |
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| What did Van Leeuwenhoek do? |
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| First to discover living cells |
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| Invented Pasteurization and eliminated the theory of Spontaneous Generation |
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| The daughter cells produced in mitosis are ______________ to parent cells. |
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| Explain the difference between unicellular and multicellular organisms. Give examples of each. |
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Unicellular - only one cell (EX: amoeba)
Multicellular - more than one cell (EX: frog) |
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| How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have? |
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