Cells and Cell processes
What is the function of the cell membrane?
Controls what enters and leaves the cell
What is the function of red blood cells?
Carry oxygen
What is the formula for aerobic respiration?
(Answer: glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water)
Name the four chambers of the heart.
(Answer: Left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle, right ventricle)
What organelle is responsible for photosynthesis?
(Answer: Chloroplast)
Name two differences between plant and animal cells.
(Answer: Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts; animal cells do not)
Explain the process of osmosis and where it occurs in plant cells.
(Answer: Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a partially permeable membrane from a dilute to a more concentrated solution; occurs in root hair cells, vacuole, etc.)