CELLS: Exam Review Sheet

Topics Covered:

·  Cell Organelles/Structures & Functions

·  Movement through a cellular membrane

·  Mitosis

*******General Sample Questions ONLY : Please Review ALL notes, labs, worksheets, etc.

1.  Drawing the above cells, label ALL of the organelles that we discussed in class.

2.  What organelles are ONLY found in a plant cell? Animal cell?

3.  What organelle is responsible for cellular respiration? (be familiar with both cellular respiration and photosynthesis)

4.  What organelle ships ribosomes from the nucleus to the cell? What organelle makes ribosomes?

5.  What organelle breaks down molecules within the cell? Which type of cell are scientists unsure of containing these organelles?

6.  What is the function of the cell wall in plants?

7.  Which organelle holds all other organelles in its place as a gel-like substance (be familiar with cytoskeleton function and parts)?

8.  What is diffusion and where does it take place in the cell?

9.  What is the definition of osmosis?

10.  Describe the reason for selective permeability in the dialysis tubing demo?

11.  What type of transport requires NO energy?

12.  What type of transport requires energy?

13.  What types of cells have membrane enclosed genetic information?

14.  What are the main differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?

15.  Describe and draw the following (terms are all associated with mitosis): Chromatin, chromosomes, centromere, centriole, spindle fibers, sister chromatids, and homologous chromosomes.

16.  Name and describe the 3 major stages of the cell cycle.

17.  Name, draw, and describe the 4 different phases of mitosis.

18.  Describe cytokinesis and explain when it happens in the cell cycle.

19.  Describe the similarities and differences between active transport and passive transport.

20.  What term best describes the movement of water across a membrane?

21.  If glucose is too large to move across the lipids in the membrane, what structure will allow glucose to move across the cell membrane?

22.  Draw a diagram of a cell membrane and label the proteins and lipids of the membrane and be able to describe their functions in a cell membrane.

23.  Describe the “Cell Size and Diffusion Lab” and describe how the three different sizes of cells allowed us to understand why cells divide.

24.  What are the three main reasons for cellular division?