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Cell Study Guide
| What type of cells did Hooke view when he discovered cells? |
| What are the smallest units of life called? |
| Which increases faster, the surface area or the volume of a cell? |
| What limits how large a cell can grow? |
| What do you call organisms that do not have a nucleus? |
| Give an example of a prokaryote. |
| Name several eukaryotic cells. |
| What type of cells have membrane-bound organelles? |
| Prokaryotes have a cell membrane and a ___________ around the outside. |
| What are cell membranes? |
| Give 2-3 functions of the cell membrane. |
| The cell membrane is selectively permeable. What does this mean? |
| If a cell is very active and needs more energy, what type of organelle will it need more of? |
| What organelle makes a cell’s ATP? |
| Proteins are made by what organelle? |
| What organelle is the packaging & export center of the cell? |
| What double membrane surrounds the nucleus? |
| Name the 3 main parts to all eukaryotic cells. |
| What canals connect the nuclear membrane with the cell membrane for the movement of materials? |
| In what organelle are chromosomes found? |
| Name 2 structures found in plant cells but not in animal cells. |
| Where does photosynthesis occur in a cell? |
| In what organelles is the green pigment chlorophyll found? |
| What is the purpose of large vacuoles in plant cells? |
| List the levels of organization in order from simplest to most complex starting with the cell. |
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Cells |
Section 4-1 Introduction to the Cell
1. What is a cell?
2. Who was the first person to use a simple microscope and view microscopic organisms?
3.. What English scientist was first to view dead plant cells?
4. State the 3 parts to the cell theory.
5. Tell how each of these scientists contributed to the cell theory — Matthias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann, and Rudolf Virchow.
6. Give 3 ways that cells are not alike.
7. What is one of the longest animal cells?
8. Explain why cells are limited in how large they can grow.
9. The shape of a cell reflects its ______________________. Give an example of this.
10. Define organelle & tell what they do for a cell.
11. What surrounds the outside of all cells?
12. Where is the nucleus of a cell & what does it do?
13. What two characteristics do all eukaryotes share?
14. What type of cell is a bacterium?
15. Where is the genetic information (chromosome) of a bacterium found?
16. What are prokaryotes & are they in the same kingdom as eukaryotes?
Section 4-2 Parts of the Eukaryotic Cell
17. Why can cells not survive if they are totally isolated from their environment?
18. What controls what enters or leaves a cell?
19. Define selectively permeable.
20. Describe the phospholipid make up of cell membranes.
21. Cells are bathed in an aqueous environment. What does this mean?
22. Sketch the lipid bilayer of a cell showing the inside & outside of the cell. Be sure to label all parts of the membrane.
23. What is the difference between peripheral & integral proteins in the cell membrane?
24. What is the purpose of the carbohydrate tails attached to some integral proteins?
25. Do all integral proteins look alike? Explain.
26. Explain the fluid mosaic model of the cell membrane.
27. Name 12 organelles found in cells. (See table 4-2)
28. In what part of a cell are organelles found?
29. What is cytosol & what does it contain?
30. Name 3 organelles found in plant, but not animal cells. (See bottom of table 4-2)
31. What is the function of mitochondria? What energy molecule is made there?
32. Why do liver & muscle cells have more mitochondria than other types of cells?
33. Describe the outer covering of the mitochondria.
34. What are cristae & what is their purpose?
35. Mitochondria are able to reproduce inside cells because they have their own ___________.
36. What organelles are the most numerous inside cells?
37. What two things make up ribosomes & are ribosomes surrounded by membrane like other organelles?
38. Ribosomes are made inside the _______________ of a cell.
39. Ribosomes may remain unattached or __________ in cytosol or attach to what other organelle’s surface?
40. What organic compounds to ribosomes synthesize or make?
41. What does ER stand for & what is the ER in a cell?
42. What is the ER’s function?
43. Name the two types of ER inside cells.
44. What is on the surface of rough ER?
45. Rough ER synthesizes large amounts of _________________ for cells.
46. Give 3 functions of smooth ER.
47. What is the Golgi apparatus?
48. Golgi is a system of ________________ or flattened _____________.
49. How does the Golgi work with the endoplasmic reticulum of a cell?
50. What are lysosomes & what do they do?
51. Name 8 things that the enzymes inside lysosomes digest?
52. In what type of cells are lysosomes common? In what type of cell are they rare?
53. Where is the cytoskeleton & what is its function?
54. What are the two major components of the cytoskeleton?
55. How do microfilaments & microtubules differ from each other?
56. What are spindle fibers & what are they made of?
57. What protein makes up microfilaments?
58. Compare cilia & flagella.
59. What is the purpose of the nuclear matrix?
60. What double membrane surrounds the nucleus?
61. Where is chromatin found & what 2 things is it made of?
62. When a cell is ready to divide, chromatin condenses & coils into _____________________.
63. What is the purpose of DNA inside the nucleus?
64. How do nuclear pores help RNA?
65. Where is the nucleolus found and what is made there?
66. Where is the cell wall in plants found, what is its function, and what is it made of?
67. What are the 2 types of cell walls in plants?
68. What is the difference between the primary & secondary cell walls?
69. What is found inside plant vacuoles?
70. What takes up much of the volume of plant cells? What happens to the other organelles?
71. How are plastids similar to mitochondria?
72. What is found inside of plastids?
73. Name the most familiar plastid & tell its function.
74. What are thylakoids?
Section 4-3 Multicellular Organization
75. Cells are organized into ______________________. Give an example.
76. What is an organ & give an example?
77. What forms organ systems?
78. The digestive system is an organ system. Name the organs that make up this system.
79. All the systems working together make up an ______________________ such as a plant or animal.
Meiosis – Gamete Production
ppt Questions
Meiosis Facts
1. Define meiosis.
2. What is the symbol for the diploid number of chromosomes in a cell?
3. What is the symbol for the monoploid or haploid number of chromosomes in a cell?
4. Is meiosis sexual or asexual reproduction?
5. How many times does a cell divide during Meiosis?
6. What are the divisions of meiosis called?
7. During meiosis, sex cells divide to form ____________.
8. Name the 2 gametes.
9. How many chromosomes do gametes have compared to a normal body or somatic cell?
10. If a human body cell has 46 chromosomes, how many chromosomes do the gametes (egg and sperm) have?
11. Where does meiosis occur in the body in males? in females?
12. Testes and ovaries are known as ____________.
13. Meiosis in males is called _____________ and produces ________ cells.
14. Meiosis in females is called _____________ and produces ________ cells.
15. a. Make a sketch of a diploid (2n=46) sperm cell in Meiosis I and Meiosis II.
b. Make a sketch of a diploid (2n=46) egg cell in Meiosis I and Meiosis II.
Meiosis I
16. Name the 1st stage of meiosis.
17. When are chromosomes (DNA) replicated?
18. Each duplicated chromosome consists of a pair of _________ __________.
19. What attaches sister chromatids to each other?
20. What two structures in the center of a cell are visible at the beginning of Interphase I?
21. Name the 4 stages of Meiosis I.
22. What is the longest phase of meiosis? What pwercent of the division time is this?
23. During Prophase I, what happens to chromosomes?
24. __________ occurs after chromosomes condense.
25. Explain synapsis.
26. What is a tetrad?
27. A tetrad is made of ________ sister and two, nonsister ____________.
28. Sketch a tetrad.
29. What is meant by homologous chromosomes?
30. Homologous chromosomes form a ________ during Prophase I.
31. Homologs carry _________ controlling the ________ inherited traits.
32. What is a locus?
33. What is true about the loci of genes on homologous chromosomes?
34. Humans have _______ pairs of homologous chromosomes.
35. What are autosomes?
36. What is the last pair of chromosomes called?
37. What is the chromosome pair for a female? a male?
38. Sketch a tetrad and show the location of two different genes on the chromatids.
39. Define crossing over.
40. Crossing over creates __________ in the chromosomes.
41. The sites where crossing over occurs are called __________.
42. Crossing over occurs between __________ chromatids.
43. Sketch a tetrad with crossing over occurring. Label the chiasmata.
44. Sketch a tetrad where crossing over occurred and shade the sections of the chromosomes that were exchanged causing variation.
45. Compare the size of an X and a Y chromosome.
46. Spindle and aster fibers form from centrioles during _______________ in humans.
47. What is the shortest meiotic stage?
48. What happens to the tetrads during Metaphase I?
49. When the chromosome pairs of the tetrad separate, they move ____________ to the opposite poles of the cell.
50. This random separation of homologs is called ______________ ___________.
51. What effect does independent assortment have on cells?
52. Give the formula for determining the number of variations in cells.
53. If 2n=6, how many combinations are possible?
54. How many different combinations of sperm are possible in a human male?
55. What happens to homologous chromosomes during Anaphase I?
56. Do sister chromatids separate? Explain.
57. How many chromosomes are at the poles in telophase I?
58. In humans, the haploid number is _________.
59. ____________ occurs at the end of Telophase I forming _______ new daughter cells.
Meiosis II
60. Is DNA replicated again before Meiosis II?
61. Name the stages of Meiosis II.
62. What occurs during Prophase II?
63. Where are the sister chromatids during Metaphase II?
64. During what stage do sister chromatids separate from each other?
65. During Telophase II, the _____________ and nucleolus reform.
66. _______________ occurs again at the end of Telophase II forming __________ new daughter cells.
67. The 4 new cells at the end of Telophase II are _____________ or 1n cells.
68. In spermatogenesis, the newly formed gametes are called ____________.
69. In Oogenesis, the newly formed gametes are called ____________.
Variation
70. What is another name for variation?
71. Why is variation important?
72. Which individuals are most likely to survive & reproduce in a population?
73. What is this process known as?
74. Name the 3 sources of genetic variation that occur in sexual reproduction and tell when EACH occurs.
75. If a diploid cell is 2n=20, what will be the 1n number of the daughter cells?
76. How many daughter cells will there be at the end of meiosis?
77. What is a karyotype?
78. Where are the autosomes found on a karyotype?
79. Where are the sex chromosomes found?
80. How does a karotype of a Down Syndrome child look?
81. What is a zygote?
82. What process produces zygotes? What cells join or fuse?