Download Chapter 3 Critical Thinking 1.What four elements do all cells have in

Chapter 3 Critical Thinking
1.What four elements do all cells have in common?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
2. What are three elements that plant cells have and animal cells do not?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
3. List three roles played by proteins within a cell.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
4. Identify two functions of the Golgi complex, and describe how it performs those functions.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
5. List four levels of organization of living things.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
CRITICAL THINKING
6. Compare the levels of organization among eukaryotes with the types of organization found among
prokaryotes.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
7. Why does being single-celled give a species of extremophiles a greater chance of survival?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
8. Explain why the cells in an embryo will grow no larger than a certain size before they divide.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
9. Explain how the structure of alveoli makes their function possible.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
10.Predicting Consequences A certain virus attacks the mitochondria in cells. What would happen to a cell
if all of its mitochondria were destroyed?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
11.Expressing Opinions Do you think that having chloroplasts gives plant cells an advantage over animal
cells? Support your opinion.
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________