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They are called cristae. They increase surface area

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Forms a crista, and is made to increase the surface area of the inner membrane.

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What are the ribbonlike folds on the inner lining of the mitochondrial membrane call?

The ribbon-like folds on the inner lining of the mitochondrial membrane are called cristae.


What are the flattered membranes in chloroplasts called?

We call them thylakoids. We are using them grana too.


How do you call the space between the outer and the inner membrane?

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How did the eukaryote evolve?

Eukaryotes evolved from a process call endosymbiosis. Endosymbiosis states that eukaryotes started as two separate bacterium. The bigger bacteria engulfed the smaller. This is how the mitochondria is enclosed in the cell. There is evidence of this because the mitochondria has its on cell membrane and contains its own DNA.


What will you call a cell not having ERGolgi complexmitochondrianuclear membraneetc?

There are eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells. Prokaryotic cells do not have a ER, golgo complex, mitochondria, or nuclear membrane. Most prokaryotes are unicellular.


A cell that requires a lot of energy might contain large numbers of what organelle?

It would have many mitochondrion (plural: mitochondria) because these are the organelles of a cell that produce ATP, which is what we call energy. They are sometimes nicknamed "the powerhouse of the cell."


What do you call the space between the thylakoids and the inner membrane of the chloroplast?

They are called thylakoid membranes.Light reaction takes place on them.


What is the outside of a cell call?

Cell membrane


What are the power plants of the call?

It is an organelle called the mitochondria


What do you call the membrane covering a cell?

The cell membrane or plasma membrane in animals. The cell wall in plants.


What do you call your inner voice?

Your conscience!


What do you call the movement through the cell membrane?

permeation through the plasma membrane perhaps?