Honors Biology MIdterm Study Guide

Honors Biology MIdterm Study Guide prokaryote - Answer️️ -organism without a nucleus, usually unicellular eukaryote - Answer️️ -organism with a nucleus plasma membrane - Answer️️ -flexible, selectively permeable membrane, controls what enters and leaves the cell cell wall - Answer️️ -structure provides support and protection for the cell nucleus - Answer️️ -structure that houses cells genetic info (control center!) chloroplasts - Answer️️ -plastid with chlorophyll in plants that photosynthesis golgi bodies - Answer️️ -organelle serves to PROCESS and PACKAGE lipids and proteins mitochondria - Answer️️ -energy producing organelle with enzymes phospholipids - Answer️️ -major component of cell membrane, polar heads=outside and non-polar=inside ribosomes - Answer️️ -produces proteins centrioles - Answer️️ -in charge of cell division, made of microtubules ER-endoplasmic reticulum - Answer️️ -synthesizes phospholipids, fats, and steroids Vacuole - Answer️️ -storage Chromatin/ Chromosome - Answer️️ -contains heredity info homeostasis - Answer️️ -regulation of an organism's internal environment ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 9:45 AM Page | 2 selectively permeable - Answer️️ -allows some substances to move across the membrane more easily than others passive transport - Answer️️ -NON-ENERGY requiring process that moves materials across a cell membrane active transport - Answer️️ -ENERGY requiring process that