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Learning Objectives/Study Guide – Honors Biology Chapter 5
1. Understand the cell cycle. Be able to recognize and explain the phases & steps,
their relationship to each other, their outcomes, and the rat at which they occur.
2. Be able to contrast prokaryotic & eukaryotic cell division and plant & animal
cytokinesis.
3. Understand the various regulatory mechanisms and triggers of cell division.
These should include the various reasons that cell size exerts an effect, how various
external and internal factors function, check points and the role of apoptosis & G0.
4. Be able to recognize & describe the various features of a chromosome, chromatin
and DNA.
5. Understand the concept of cell differentiation and its relationship to cell location
and to the various types of stem cells.
6. Be able to recognize and describe various types of asexual reproduction and to
discuss the advantages & disadvantages of asexual v. sexual reproduction.
7. Understand what cancer is, its behaviors and its possible causes. Be able to
contrast the differences in appearance, function and behavior between normal &
cancerous cells & tissues. Contrast benign and malignant cancers.
8. Be able to explain DNA genetic mutation.
9. Be able to explain the ethical debate behind stem cell research & therapy, the
potential uses for stem cells and recent development in the field of stem cell
research.
10. Contrast the regulatory strategy of oncogenes with genes that slow cell division.
11. Contrast multi-cellularity & colonialism.
12. Describe the levels of organization in multicellular organisms.
13. What is regenerative medicine?