Unit 1 Review Part 1

Natural Selection

• Fluid that facilitates movement within the cell.
• Survival of species best suited for environment.
• Storage for food, water, and waste.
• Digestive organelles that break down waste.

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Survival of the Fittest

• Powerhouse of the cell, generates energy.
• All life processes occur at the cellular level.
• Fitter species live longer and reproduce more.
• Complex cells with nucleus and organelles.

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Cell

• Survival of species best suited for environment.
• Packages and releases vesicles in eukaryotic cells.
• Involved in protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells.
• Basic structural and functional unit of life.

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Prokaryotic Cells

• Synthesizes lipids in eukaryotic cells.
• Whip-like structures that assist in cell movement.
• Organisms maintain internal balance and stability.
• Simple cells with circular DNA and no organelles.

Eukaryotic Cells

• Packages and releases vesicles in eukaryotic cells.
• Involved in protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells.
• Organisms maintain internal balance and stability.
• Complex cells with nucleus and organelles.

Homeostasis

• Fitter species live longer and reproduce more.
• Survival of species best suited for environment.
• Provides protection and support outside the cell membrane.
• Organisms maintain internal balance and stability.

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Vesicles

• Regulates entry and exit of substances.
• Basic structural and functional unit of life.
• Transport proteins within the cell.
• Storage for food, water, and waste.

Smooth ER

• Synthesizes lipids in eukaryotic cells.
• Sites of protein synthesis in cells.
• Powerhouse of the cell, generates energy.
• Fitter species live longer and reproduce more.

Cell Theory

• Complex cells with nucleus and organelles.
• Storage for food, water, and waste.
• All life processes occur at the cellular level.
• Regulates entry and exit of substances.

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Cell Membrane

• Regulates entry and exit of substances.
• Basic structural and functional unit of life.
• Synthesizes lipids in eukaryotic cells.
• Provides protection and support outside the cell membrane.