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1. What are the 4 points of the Cell Theory?
2. Why is the Cell Theory important?
3. What is the function of
a) The cell membrane of a cell?
b) The cytoplasm?
4. Where is the genetic information found in the cell?
5. How does the structure of a plant cell differ from that of an animal cell?
6. What can a plant cell do that no animal cell can? What plant-cell structure enables it to
carry out this function?
7. Why is cell division important?
8. Describe what happens to the cell as it goes through the cell cycle.
9. In which phase does the cell spend the majority of its time during in the cell cycle? Why?
10. Explain what occurs in the cell during interphase?
11. Why does the genetic material need to be duplicated during the cell cycle?
12. After mitosis, how do the daughter cells compare to the mother cell?
13. List and describe the 4 phases of mitosis.
14. A somatic human cell has 46 chromosomes. After the cell has undergone mitosis, how
many chromosomes would you expect to find in each cell?
15. Give 2 reasons why cells die.
16. Describe what happens when cells die uncontrollably. (What is this?)
17. Describe how is asexual reproduction different from sexual reproduction?
18. List 5 types of asexual reproduction. Briefly explain each type.
19. Identify the type of asexual reproduction in each of the following situation;
a) Multicellular algae is struck by a wave. The algae breaks up and each new piece grew
into a new organism.
b) A new tree starts to grow from the root of a nearby tree.
c) A small cell begins to grow on the outside of another cell. Eventually, it breaks away
from the larger cell and continues to grow.
20. What advantages does an organism have when it reproduced asexually? What
disadvantages does it have?