Ch. 3 Test Topics

Chapter 3: Cells

Cell Theory and Microscopes

What are the parts of the microscope?
What do the parts of the microscope do?
How do you make a wet mount?
How do you find the magnification power?

What were the contributions of:
Robert Hooke
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann
Rudolf Virchow

What is Cell Theory?

Cells

Prokaryotic Cells
What are the characteristics of a prokaryotic cell?
Prokaryotic cells are what types of organisms?
Why do we think eukaryotic cells came from prokaryotic cells?

Eukaryotic Cells
What are the characteristics of a eukaryotic cell?
Which organisms are eukaryotic?

General Eukaryotic Cells
What is the structure of a generalized plant cell/generalized animal cell?
Parts of the cytoskeleton
What is the structure and function of each organelle?
How are proteins made?

Plant Cells vs. Animal Cells
What structures/organelles are specific to plant cells?
What structures/organelles are specific to plant cells?
Recognize plant and animal cells by their appearance.


Cell Membrane

Composition of the cell membrane
Phospholipid
Fluid Mosaic Membrane

What can cross the membrane?
Selective Permeability
General rules (small, nonpolar molecules pass freely, etc)
How do chemical signals get across the membrane?
Ligands
Types of Receptors

Transport

What is the difference between Passive Transport and Active Transport?
What is the difference between a Protein Pump and a Protein Channel?

What are the types of passive transport?
In which direction does passive transport move molecules?

What does it mean if a solution is described as isotonic, hypertonic, or hypotonic?

Understand the results of the egg lab.

What is the purpose of Active Transport?

Why are vesicles used to transport substances?
What is the difference between Endocytosis and Exocytosis?
What is Phagocytosis?