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Cell Structure and Function
1. What is the function of the plasma membrane?
2. Describe the structure of an animal cell.
3. What happens when a plant cell is submerged in a hypertonic solution (or hypotonic solution)? What prevents it from shrinking (or bursting) like an animal cell?
4. Define the term: partially permeable membrane.
5. Draw a diagram of an animal cell and label the different structures in the cell. Which one controls the chemical reactions in the cell?
6. What are the differences and similarities between an animal cell and a plant cell?
7. Plasma membrane, small vacuoles, large central vacuole, centrioles,
cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria. Which of the terms listed above
are:
a) present in both plant and animal cells
b) present in animal cells
only
c) present in plant cells only
8. Name the structure that:
a) contains hereditary
materials
b) concerns cell respiration
c) is a fluid-filled space
d) is
necessary for cell division
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