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AP Biology Pre-Discussion Questions: Cells Lesson 1- Overview and Endomembrane System
Instructions:
Topic Presentation:
Supplementary Resources:
“Crash Course: Biology” Videos:
Videos By Paul Anderson:
Questions to answer:
Things you should make sure you understand:
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Open the presentation.
Watch the embedded video clips and move through the embedded content.
Answer the “Questions to answer”.
Make sure you understand the “Things you should make sure you understand”.
Feel free to view the “Supplementary Resources”.
Write down any questions that you have about the material.
Topic Presentation:
Paul Anderson
“A Tour of the Cell”
Supplementary Resources:
“Crash Course: Biology” Videos:
Eukaryopolis-The City of Animal Cells: Biology #4
Plant Cells: Biology #6
Videos By Paul Anderson:
“Compartmentalization”
“Cellular Organelles”
click here http://prezi.com/jmuhrot7ycwm/ap-bio-cells-1-intro-endomembrane-system/
Questions to answer:
1. Why is the cell theory significant (don’t just state the tenets, explain what it means and why it is a
theory)?
2. Explain how advances in microscopy led to advances in cytology. Provide two historical
examples.
3. Why are certain cellular structures unable to be observed with a light microscope?
4. How does the ratio of a cell’s surface area to volume place upward and downward limits on cell
size?
5. How do organelles allow for increased complexity in cells?
6. Provide four examples of cell tasks that are accomplished by proteins.
7. Explain/Diagram the relationship between DNA, RNA and protein in cells.
8. How does the structure of the nucleus allow it to fulfill its function?
9. True or False: The nucleolus is an intranuclear organelle. Explain your answer.
10. Why do ribosomes exist in the free and bound configurations in eukaryotic cells.
11. How does the structure of the endoplasmic reticulum (smooth and rough) allow it to fulfill its
function?
12. How does the structure of the golgi apparatus allow it to fulfill its function?
13. Why are vesicles necessary?
14. Diagram the endomembrane system. Include all organelles and processes that function in the
system.
Things you should make sure you understand:
(feel free to ask questions about them in class)