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What are the two main types of organisms?
Prokaryotes
and
eukaryotes
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How do prokaryotic cells compare to eukaryotic cells?
Prokaryotic
cells
are
smaller
and
simpler
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What type of cells are bacteria?
Bacteria cells are
prokaryotic
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What do bacteria cells have instead of a nucleus?
A single strand of DNA
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What are undifferentiated cells called?
Stem cells
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What do chromosomes contain?
Genetic information
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How many copies of each chromosome do body cells usually have?
Two
copies
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How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?
23
pairs
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What is diffusion?
Movement of
particles
from high to low
concentration
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What is osmosis?
Movement of water through a
partially permeable membrane
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How does active transport differ from diffusion?
Active transport goes against the
concentration gradient
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What is osmosis?
Diffusion of water through a
membrane
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