What are the small circles of DNA that can be passed between cells?
Plasmids
200
Draw and label a mitochondria
draw..
200
Explain why the fatty acid "tails" of phospholipid molecules are aligned towards the middle of the membrane
include hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties
200
What issue may result from uncontrolled cell divisions?
Tumors
300
One cell can function on its own, but if it interacts with other cells in a group, the organism can carry out a range of more complicated functions. What term represents this description?
Emergent Properties
300
Name and discuss the means by which prokaryotic cells divide
Binary fission
300
What functions does the smooth ER serve in contrast to the RER?
estrogen production in ovaries, breaks down toxins in the liver, and lipid production.
RER- protein synthesis
300
List four of the six ways that a substance can move from one side of a membrane to the other
diffusion, facilitated diffusion, protein pumps, osmosis, endocytosis, exocytosis
300
What are the four stages of mitosis; what events occur at each stage?
Name 5 parts that prokaryotic cells share with most eukaryotic cells?
Cell wall
Plasma membrane
DNA
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
400
Name at least 3 things that Eukaryotic cells have that Prokaryotic cells do not.
Membrane bound nucleus with DNA inside
Any of the membrane organelles
80S ribosomes; prokaryotes have 70S
400
What are at least 3 functions of membrane proteins?
Hormone binding sites,
cell adhesion, cell-to-cell communication, immobilized enzymes, channels for passive transport, and pumps for active transport
400
What stages make up interphase; what occurs at each stage.
G1: cell grows, DNA is transcribed, proteins formed
S: DNA replicates
G2: Cell prepares for division
500
In what ways do stem cells differ from most other cells? Name 2 of 4
- are unspecialized- can divide repeatedly to make large numbers of new cells- can differentiate into several types of cells- have large nuclei relative to the volume of the cytoplasm
500
Draw and label a diagram of the ultrastrucure E. coli.
Draw it..
500
Diagram the differences between Animal cells and Plant cells. Name at least 3
Animal/Plant
no cell wall / cell wall
small vacuole if present/ large vacuole
no chloroplasts / chloroplasts
cholesterol in plasma membrane / none
centrioles / no centrioles
stores glycogen / stores starch
500
Draw and label a cell membrane; be sure to include at least 3 types of proteins
include cholesterol, phospholipid bilayer, peripheral protein integral proteins including transport and glycoprotein, carbohydrate attached to protein to form glycoprotein,
500
List all of the stages of the cell cycle in order; include subparts of each main stage.
Interphase (G1, S, G2), Mitosis (PMAT), cytokinesis (during late stage of telophase)