Biology

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  • The science that studies cells
    Cytology
  • The science that studies tissue
    Histology
  • The science that studies plants
    Botany
  • The science that studies animals
    Zoology
  • The science that studies the relation of living and non-living things
    Ecology
  • The study of microorganisms
    Microbiology
  • The basic unit of life
    Cell
  • Cell comes in different shapes and sizes
  • Prokaryotes are cells with no membrane bound organelles
  • Prokaryotes are ____ forms of species
    Lower
  • The word for spherical bacteria
    Cocci
  • Rod-shape of a bacteria
    Bacilli
  • Spiral shaped bacteria
    Spirillum
  • Staphylococcus are in _ while Streptococcus are in _
    Clumps; chain
  • Cells with membrane bound organelles
    Eukaryotes
  • The brain of the cell
    Nucleus
  • The part of a plant cell that is responsible for the rigidity of leafy vegetables
    Cell wall
  • The tough layer outside the plant cell for support and protection
    Cell wall
  • What can be found in plant cells that an animal cell do not have
    Cell wall
  • All cells, animal cells and plant cells, should have it to separate a cell from another
    Cell membrane
  • Storage for foods, minerals. And waste
    Vacuole
  • In size, the vacuole is _ in animal cells while _ in comparison to plant cells
    Small; bigger
  • This part of a cell contains the chromosomes
    Nucleus
  • Only plant cell have this that contains chlorophyll 

    Chloroplast
  • The powerhouse of the cell
    MITOCHONDRIA
  • The energy that a cell use
    Adenosine triphosphate
  • Holds the organelle in place
    Cytoplasm
  • Found near nucleus; helps to support the cell
    Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • In a cell, this serves as a storage of calcium, protein synthesis, and lipid metabolism
    Endoplasmic reticulum
  • Flat, eviscular structures that secrete and store hormones and enzymes that helps in the transportation of materials in and out of the cell
    Golgi bodies
  • Protein factories of the cell that can be found at the cytoplasm and rough ER
    Ribosomes
  • Suicidal bags of the cell
    Lysosome
  • All living things are composed of cells
    Cell theory of Schleiden and Schwann
  • Cell theory of Hooke
    Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things
  • Virchow's statement in cell theory

    New cells are produced from existing cells
  • Biogenesis theory
    The theory that proposed that living things can only come from other living things
  • Staphylococcus is a bacterium that causes pimples. What could be its shape?
    Round
  • An onion cell has 18 chromosomes. If it undergoes mitosis, 18 chromosomes will be present in each daughter cell.
  • An onion cell has 18 chromosomes. If it undergoes meiosis, 9 chromosomes will be present in each daughter cell.
  • Salt is dissolved in water. Therefore, salt is a solute.