1B.1 - Cells and organisation Halfway Review

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Can you define the following words?

  • Cell
  • Organism
  • Tissue
  • Organ System
  • Light microscope
  • Organ
  • Elodea cell
  • Root hair cell
  • Ciliated cell
  • Organelle
  • Yeast
  • Red blood cell
  • Multicellular organisms
  • Unicellular organism
  • Growth
  • Movement
  • Objective lens
  • Eye piece
  • Sensitivity
  • Stage
  • Respiration
  • Light source
  • Reproduction
  • Focusing knob
  • Cell sap
  • Excretion
  • Nutrition
  • Gene
  • Cytoplasm
  • Animal
  • Plant
  • Cell membrane
  • Permanent Vacuole
  • Chloroplasts
  • Mitochondria
  • Ribosome
  • Nucleus
  • Pseudopodia
  • Bacteria
  • Adapted
  • Protozoa
  • Flagella
  • Function
  • Cell wall
  • Specimen
1) How many processes are there common to living things?
2) What are these seven life processes?
3) What are all living things made of?
4) What are the levels of organisation in an organism?
5) What are biological cells?
6) What are tissues made up of?
7) What are Organs made up of?
8) What are Organ Systems made up of?
9) What are organisms made up of?
10) What are organelles?
11) What is the function of the cell wall?
12) What is the function of the cell membrane?
13) What is the function of the cytoplasm?
14) What is the function of the nucleus?
15) What is the function of the permanent vacuole?
16) What is the function of the chloroplasts?
17) What is the function of the mitochondria?
18) What is the function of the ribosome?
19) Compare an animal and plant cells.
20) How are you able to tell the difference between an animal and plant cell?
21) Give 3 examples of specialised plant or animal cells. How are they different to other cells and how does this help the cells complete their specialist function?
22) What is the function of a root hair cell and how is the cell specialised to do this?
23) What adaptations do red blood cells have in order to efficiently carry oxygen around the body?
24) What special adaptation do Elodea have? Why do they have this?
25) Why do ciliated cells have hairs?
26) Why, when focussing a microscope, is it important to have the stage close to the objective lens at the start and wind the stage down as you focus?
27) How should biological drawings be made?
28) What organelles can be seen under a light microscope?
29) What does unicellular mean?
30) What does multicellular mean?
31) Name 3 types of unicellular life.
32) What are the parts of a bacterial cell?
33) What organelles do yeast cells have?
34) What are pseudopodia?
35) Can you see unicellular or multicellular organisms with the naked eye?
36) How do the Big Ideas link to this topic?

a) Forces:

b) Particles:

c) Energy:

d) Cells: