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Cell unit objectives
OBJECTIVES
1) EXPLAIN WHAT GENERAL TOPIC(S) BIOLOGY DEALS WITH.
2) LIST AND EXPLAIN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVINGS THINGS AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF EACH.
3) DEFINE METABOLISM AND THE PROCESSES THAT MAKE IT UP.
4) EXPLAIN HOW RESPONDING TO A STIMULUS EFFECTS A LIVING ORGANISM.
5) LIST AND EXPLAIN THE NEEDS OF LIVING ORGANISMS.
6) GIVE EXAMPLES OF EACH IN TERMS OF YOUR OWN LIFE
7) DESCRIBE THE CONCEPT OF HOMEOSTASIS AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF IT TAKING PLACE IN YOUR LIFE.
8) DEFINE MATTER.
9) EXPLAIN THE LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION IN SINGLE AND MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS.
10) DEMONSTRATE HOW TO CORRECTLY HANDLE, OPERATE AND PUT AWAY A MICROSCOPE.
11) PREPARE A WET MOUNT SLIDE.
12) ESTIMATE N OBJECTS SIZE UNDER THE SCOPE.
13) DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAGNIFICATION AND FIELD OF VIEW.
14) GIVEN A DRAWING, CALCULATE ITS MAGNIFICATION.
15) SUMMARIZE THE FUNCTIONS/ACTIVITIES OF THE FOLLOWING CELLULAR STRUCTURES: NUCLEUS,
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE, CENTRIOLE, CYTOPLASM, CHLOROPLASTS, MITOCHRONDRIA, RIBOSOME,
LYSOSOME, GOLGI BODIES, ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, VACUOLES, CELL MEMBRANE + CELL WALL.
16) GIVEN A DIAGRAM OF A CELL(S) LABEL THE ABOVE STRUCTURES.
17) LIST AND EXPLAIN THE 3 MAJOR PARTS OF THE CELL THEORY.
18) DESCRIBE 3 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANT AND ANIMAL CELLS
19) DESCRIBE 3 SIMILARITIES BETWEEN PLANT AND ANIMAL CELLS.
20) GIVEN A SLIDE CONTAINING A CELL, IDENTIFY THE CELL MEMBRANE/WALL, CYTOPLASM + NUCLEUS.
21) EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF "THE DIVISION OF LABOR" AND HOW THIS APPLIES TO CELL
SPECIALIZATION.
22) COMPARE/ CONTRAST SINGLE-CELLED + MULTI- CELLED ORGANISMS TERMS OF THIS DIVISION OF
LABOR.
23) EXPLAIN WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE MEMBRANE TO ALLOW CERTAIN THINGS TO ENTER/LEAVE
THE CELL AND HOW A SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE MEMBRANE REGULATES THIS.
24) DESCRIBE THE PROCESS OF DIFFUSION AND HOW IT IS AFFECTED BY CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS.
25) DEFINE THE TERMS: OSMOSIS, HYPOTONIC, HYPERTONIC + ISOTONIC AND HOW EACH AFFECTS WATER
HOMEOSTASIS IN A CELL.
26) DESCRIBE WHAT OCCURS IN A CELL DURING ACTIVE TRANSPORT, ENDOCYTOSIS + EXOCYTOSIS.
27) EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING: CELL SIZE, DIFFUSION, CELL REPRODUCTION
AND SURFACE TO VOLUME RATIO.
28) DESCRIBE WHAT OCCURS DURING MITOSIS AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE END PRODUCTS OF 1 "CYCLE" OF
MITOSIS ARE (CELL #, CHROMOSOME # + CELLS IDENTICAL/NOT IDENTICAL).
29) DO THE SAME AS ABOVE FOR BOTH STAGES OF MEIOSIS.
30) LIST AND DESCRIBE 3 SIMILARITIES + 3 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEIOSIS/MITOSIS.
31) EXPLAIN THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS.
32) EXPLAIN THE ABNORMAL CELL DIVISION OF CANCER.
33) LIST AND DESCRIBE THE 4 TYPES OF CANCER.