Download Unit 3 (Cells and Transport) Review Guide

Review sheet for Cells and Transport Unit
This review sheet is an aid to assist in your preparation for the upcoming test by focusing
the scope of the information presented in lecture and your text. These review items are
meant to be indicative of the possible material one might expect to see on the exam.
With a set time limit of one class period, however, it is not possible to test your
knowledge regarding all of the subject material below. Still, this list will be
representative of the concepts from which questions will be derived.
Be familiar with / know:
- what the Cell Theory tells us
- differences and similarities of prokaryotes and eukaryotes
- differences and similarities of plant and animal cells (both eukaryotes)
- structure/function(s) of each organelle discussed in lecture
- what the endomembrane system is and which components of the cell belong to it
- what a virus is
- viral structure, characteristics, and behavior
-Molecular make-up of cell membranes
-What is the fluid mosaic model of cell membranes?
-What types of molecules pass through cell membranes with least resistance?
-What is diffusion?
-How the size of a cell affects its volume and surface area – how does this, in turn, impact
the rate of diffusion of materials into/out of the cell?
-What is osmosis? osmolarity?
-Definitions of hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic
-What is plasmolysis, turgidity? – how does each relate to hyper/hypotonicity?
-What is facilitated diffusion – what types of proteins are involved?
-What is active transport?
-What is endocytosis?
-What is pinocytosis?
-What is phagocytosis?
-What is exocytosis?