Download Name: Cells Cell structures: Complete the following statements

Name: ______________________
Cells
Cell structures:
1. Complete the following statements regarding levels of organization in living things.
__________________(level 1) are the basic building units of life. If you put a group of
________________ together you get _______________ (level 2). If you put a group of
______________ together you get an ___________________ (level 3). If you put a
group of _______________ together you get an ______________
_________________(level 4) If you put a group of ___________________
_________________ together you get a complex _______________________ (level 5).
2. What are two ways that plant and animal cells differ:
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3. What is cellular respiration?
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4. How does cellular respiration relate to photosynthesis? (think about the formulas)
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5. Give 2 examples of how form and function are related in living things? (hint: think about
the nerve cells)
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6. What is one disadvantage of asexual reproduction?
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7. What is one advantage of sexual reproduction?
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8. List the steps of cell division in order from interphase to interphase:
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9. Why do organisms make new cells? __________________________________________
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10. During prophase what are the 3 big things that happen:
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11. During anaphase what happens to the chromosome pairs?
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12. During cell division how many daughter cells are produced? _______________________
13. These daughter cells are _____________________________________ to the parent cell.
14. How does the cell prepare for cell division during interphase (what happens to the
chromosomes)?
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15. Why can’t you see the chromosomes during interphase? __________________________
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16. Telophase is basically the opposite of prophase because what three things happen:
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17. What happens to the chromosomes during metaphase?
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18. Chromosomes occur in pairs because organisms get _________________________ of
their chromosomes from each _______________________________________________.
19. How does cytokinesis differ in plant and animal cells?
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20. Where does cell division take place?
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21. The production of sex cells occurs during ____________________________________.
22. During meiosis there are __________________ cell divisions and this makes a total of
________________________ sex cells.
23. Meiosis takes place in the __________________________________________________.
24. How does the total number of chromosomes in a sex cell (sperm or egg) compare to the
total number of chromosomes in a regular body cell? ____________________________
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Explain why that is true: ___________________________________________________
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25. Correctly label the pictures below: interphase, metaphase, prophase, telophase, anaphase
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