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Cell biology flashcards

Which structure does the job, and how does it do it? Build cell biology flashcards from one lesson so you can practise functions and processes without putting every organelle on the back of one crowded card.

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Ribosomes assemble polypeptides during translation. The plasma membrane is selectively permeable. For an uncharged solute in a simple system, diffusion produces net movement down its concentration gradient. Osmosis concerns water moving across a selectively permeable membrane. Mitosis separates duplicated chromosomes in a eukaryotic nucleus, while cytokinesis divides the cell. Eukaryotes have a membrane-bound nucleus; prokaryotes do not.

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Flashcard 1 · Organelles and functions

Which cellular structures assemble polypeptides during translation?

Reveal answer and explanation

Ribosomes.

Ribosomes are not membrane-bound organelles. They occur in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

Flashcard 2 · Cell membranes

What does selective permeability mean for a plasma membrane?

Reveal answer and explanation

Some substances cross more readily than others, depending on the membrane and transport mechanisms.

A membrane is not an unrestricted opening. Its lipid bilayer and proteins influence what crosses.

Flashcard 3 · Diffusion

An uncharged solute is more concentrated on one side of a permeable barrier. With no other driving force, what is its net diffusion direction?

Reveal answer and explanation

From the higher-concentration side toward the lower-concentration side.

Individual particles move in both directions; the question concerns net movement down the concentration gradient.

Flashcard 4 · Osmosis

A membrane allows water but not a dissolved solute to pass. With equal pressure initially, which way does water tend to move?

Reveal answer and explanation

Toward the side with higher solute concentration.

This simplified example assumes the solute cannot cross. Pressure and permeability matter, so the direction should not be stated without conditions.

Flashcard 5 · Cell division

How does cytokinesis differ from mitosis?

Reveal answer and explanation

Cytokinesis divides the cell; mitosis separates duplicated chromosomes into daughter nuclei.

They are related parts of division but not synonyms. Do not use the same label for every stage.

Flashcard 6 · Cell types

What nuclear feature distinguishes a typical eukaryotic cell from a prokaryotic cell?

Reveal answer and explanation

A membrane-bound nucleus is present in the eukaryotic cell and absent in the prokaryotic cell.

Prokaryotes still contain genetic material; lacking a nucleus does not mean lacking DNA.

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Keep the cell type, structure and role together in your source. A description of a chloroplast should say which cells it belongs to, rather than implying all cells have one. Separate ribosome function from the roles of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus when your notes explain those distinctions.

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For transport, preserve the substance, gradient and membrane properties. An ion can be affected by an electrical gradient as well as concentration. The simplified diffusion and osmosis prompts here state their assumptions; generated practice can lose them, so inspect each answer before relying on repeated recall.

Compare cell division at the right scale

Distinguish chromosome separation from division of the whole cell. Use your original diagrams for chromosome counts and positions, and annotate them separately if needed. Short cards help recall the distinction but do not replace tracing a division sequence or explaining the evidence in a microscopy exercise.

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