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1
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nucleus structure
* contains …
* region called…
* surrounded by ..

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  • contains chromosomes within nucleoplasm
  • contains central region called nucleolus
  • surrounded by nuclear envelope (double membrane) w nuclear pores to let molecules in & out
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mitochondria structure
* double ..
* inner…
* DNA…
* site of…

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  • double membrane
  • inner membrane folded forming cristae
  • short, circular DNA (no proteins) (mtDNA)
  • site of AEROBIC resp
  • resp is chem reaction which prod ATP (releases energy)
  • fluid inside called matrix
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ribosomes have no

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membrane

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which organisms have: cellulose

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  • plants
  • algae
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which organisms have: muerin

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prokaryotes

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which organisms have: chitin

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fungi

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what is the nuclear envelope

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double membrane surrounding nucleus w nuclear pores to let molecules in & out

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cytoplasm:

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where chem reactions take place

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ribosomes:

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where amino acids joined together to make proteins
- have no membranes
- site of translation

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rough endoplasmic rectilum

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  • has ribosomes on surface -> involved in protein synthesis
  • proteins folded up inside the RER
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smooth endoplasmic rectilum

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  • synthesis and storage of molecules
  • eg. sterols, steroids, lipids
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golgi apparatus and golgi vesicles

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  • modifies proteins
  • stores proteins
  • packages proteins into vesicles
  • transports vesicles to cell surface
  • modifies triglycerides (into chylomicrons)
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lysosomes

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a vesicle that contains hydrolytic enzymes (lysozymes) used to digest molecules

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chloroplast:

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  • chlorophyll absorb light for photosynthesis to prod. carbohydrates
  • has double memb. where:
  • thylakoid membranes can form grana stacks, linked by lamellae
  • ctDNA fluid is called stroma, has ribosomes
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cell wall; in each cell type

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for strength and support
* cellulose - plant cells
* meurin - bacteria
* chitin - fungi

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vacuole

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  • tonoplast - membrane surrounding vacuole
  • when vacuole full of fluid, cell turgid
  • temp food store containing sugars and amino acids
  • contains pigments
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…… produces vesicles containing newly synthesised proteins:

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RER

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…. the site of steroid production

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SER

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what produces lysosomes

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golgi apparatus

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Explain the advantages and limitations of using a transmission electron microscope to study cells. (6)

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1 TEM uses (beam of) electrons;
2 These have short wavelength;
3 Allow high resolution
4 Electrons scattered (by molecules in air);
5 Vacuum established;
6 Cannot examine living cells;
7 Lots of preparation/procedures used in preparing specimens/ fixing/staining/sectioning;
8 May alter appearance/result in artefacts;

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Describe how the structures of starch and cellulose molecules are related to their functions. (5)

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Starch (max 3)
1. Helical so compact;
2. insoluble so osmotically inactive
3. Branched so glucose is (easily) released for respiration;
4. Large (molecule) so cannot leave cell

Cellulose (max 3)
5. Long, straight/unbranched chains of β glucose;
6. Joined by hydrogen bonding;
7. To form fibrils;
8. Provides strength;

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Explain why the diffusion of chloride ions involves a membrane protein and the diffusion of oxygen does not. (5)

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  1. Chloride ions are polar;
  2. Cannot cross (lipid) bilayer
  3. Chloride ions transported by facilitated diffusion
  4. Oxygen non-polar;
  5. Oxygen can diffuse across bilayer;
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define magnification

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how much bigger the image is compared to specimen

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resolution

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minimum distance apart that two objects can be in order to appear as seperate items

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desc. procedure to prepare a slide

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  • add drop of water to slide
  • remove thin section of tissue & place it flat on slide
  • add 1 drop of iodine dissolved in KI solution to stain sample (only for plant cells)
  • lower coversplip on top using mounting needle
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microscopy

why tissue needs to be thin

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  • thin section allows more light to penetrate
  • allows a single layer of cells to be viewed
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microscopy

why should you push down on coverslip hard but not push sideways

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  • down hard to squash tissue and get a single layer of cells
  • sideways will cause cells to roll together
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microscopy

describe how the length of a cell can be estimated (optical microscope)

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  • use stage micrometer to calibrate size of eyepiece graticule
  • measure length of plant cell with an eyepiece graticule
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why are ETM used to view cells

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  • they have high resolution
  • bcs electrons have shorter wavelength than light
  • allows you to view internal structures/organelles of a cell
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why do ETM have higher resolution than optical?

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electrons have shorter wavelength than light

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Name two structures in a eukaryotic cell that cannot be identified using an optical microscope

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  • Mitochondrion.
  • Ribosome.
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • lysosome
  • cell surface membrane
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Name the organelles in order of density.

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  • Nuclei.
  • Chloroplasts (if carrying out cell fractionation of plant tissue)
  • Mitochondria.
  • Lysosomes.
  • Endoplasmic reticulum.
  • Ribosomes.
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Principles of using TEM microscope. (4)

how does it work

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  • Electrons pass through thin specimen.
  • Denser parts absorb more electrons
  • denser parts appear darker.
  • Electrons have a short wavelength, so give high resolution.
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Limitations of using TEM microscope. (5)

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  • cannot look at living material.
  • Specimen must be very thin.
  • artefacts present.
  • Long preparation time.
  • Image not in 3D
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Advantage of TEM over SEM.

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  • Higher resolution
  • allows internal structures within cells to be seen.
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Advantage of SEM over TEM.

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  • Thin sections do not need to be prepared.
  • Show surface of specimen.
  • Can have 3D images
36
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How many um in a mm?

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1mm = 1000 um.

37
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Microscopy.

How to use a scale bar?

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  • Measure scale bar using a ruler in mm.
  • Convert to micrometres - use value as image size.
  • The value written underneath the scale bar is actual size.
  • Use both to work out magnification.
38
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What is meant by cell fractionation and why do we use it?

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  • Separating out the contents of the cell into different fractions.
  • separating out the different organelles by density.
  • Allows to study individual organelles.
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What is homogenization?

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Using a blender to break open the cell membrane to release all the organelles inside.

40
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Which microscopes use a magnet to focus the beam of Electrons

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TEM and SEM

41
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Give the resolutions of the microscopes

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SEM = 20 nm
TEM = 0 .1nm
Optical = 0.2 um

42
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Differentiate between channel proteins and carrier proteins.

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  • Channel proteins allow the passage of molecules, some are gated (open in response to stimulus).
  • Carrier proteins require a concentration difference across the membrane and must bind to the molecule they transport.
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describe how carrier proteins transport substances (4)

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  • substance binds to specific binding site on carrier protein
  • causes conformational change
  • allows molecules to be taken across membrane to other side
  • carrier returns to original shape
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equation for rate of diffusion

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con m x SA / length of diff pathway

45
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covert from mm to um
convert from um to nm

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/ 1000
/ 1000

46
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cell membranes

there is no cholesterol in..

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prokaryotes membranes

47
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Cholesterol molecules sit in between the phospholipids, preventing them from

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packing too closely together when temperatures are low; this prevents membranes from freezing and fracturing.

48
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Membranes become less fluid when there is:

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  • inc. proportion of saturated fatty acid chains -> chains pack together tightly -> there is a high number of IMF between the chains
  • A lower temperature as the molecules have less energy and therefore are not moving as freely which causes the structure to be more closely packed
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Membranes become more fluid when there is:

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  • inc. proportion of unsaturated fatty acid chains -> chains are bent -> the chains less tightly packed together-> less intermolecular forces
  • At higher temps, molecules have more energy and therefore move more freely, increasing membrane fluidity
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Factors that affect diffusion

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  • Steepness of concentration gradient
  • temperature
  • surface area
  • Properties of molecules of ions e.g.
    large or small : smaller molecules will diffuse faster as less energy required to move molecule
    polar / non-polar; non-polar diffuse more quickly as they are soluble in nonpolar phospholipid bilayer
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channel and carrier proteins

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are highly specific.
they only let one type of molecule or ion to pass through

52
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channel proteins are …. filled pores

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channel proteins are water-filled pores
They allow charged substances to diffuse through cell membrane

53
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What does it mean when a cell is in a hypertonic environment

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the solution has a higher solute concentration than the inside of the cell
* thr4 net movement of water out of the cell

54
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In plant cells water enters

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The vacuole

55
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what is the protoplast

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the liviving part of the cell inside the cell wall

56
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plasmolysis is when:

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the protoplast shrinks away from the cell wall
- because the volume of the protoplast decreases as water leaves the cell

57
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cell walls are …. perm…

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fully permeable

58
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What happens when a plant cell is placed in solution with higher water potential (6)

water enters cell …. cell fully inflated…

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  • Water enters cell through partially permeable membrane by osmosis
  • volume of cell increases
  • portoplast expands & pushes against cell wall
  • cell wall withstands increased pressure created
  • pressure increases until cell is rigid and firm
  • cell is fully inflated with water and no more can enter
59
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osmosis practical

how to find the concentration of sucrose inside the potato cylinders

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when line crosses the x axis of graph of % mass change against concentration

60
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Describe the main ideas of the cell theory (3)

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  • All living organisms are made up of one or more cells
  • cells are the basic functional unit in living organisms
  • New cells are produced from pre-existing cells
61
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Cell theory is a

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Unifying concept in biology

62
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what is the liquid found in a chloroplast

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Stroma

63
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Describe the function of chloroplasts (2)

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  • Absorb light
  • Perform photosynthesis
  • Produce carbohydrates
64
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Explain why the epithelial cells of the small intestine would contain large numbers of mitochondria: (3)

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  • mitochondria produce ATP
  • which is required for active transport
  • during absorption of digested food
65
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Prokaryotic cells are much smaller than eukaryotic cells. They also differ from eukaryotic cells in having:

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  • cytoplasm that lacks membrane-bound organelles
  • smaller ribosomes
  • no nucleus; instead they have a single circular DNA molecule that is free in the cytoplasm and is not associated with proteins
  • a cell wall that contains murein, a glycoprotein
66
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In addition, many prokaryotic cells have:

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  • one or more plasmids
  • a capsule surrounding the cell
  • one or more flagella.
67
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Virus structure:

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  • A nucleic acid core (their genomes are either DNA or RNA, and can be single or double-stranded)
  • A protein coat called a ‘capsid’
68
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eukaryotic structures that can’t be seen with optical microscope

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  • mitochondria
  • ribosomes
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • lysosome
  • cell surface membrane
69
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describe how RER is involved in production of enzymes

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  • contains ribosomes
  • to make proteins (which enzyme is)
70
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contrast structure of a bacterial cell and the structure of a human cell (5)

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  • bacterial cell has circular loops of DNA but humans have linear DNA
  • bacterial cell is smaller but human cells are larger
  • bacterial cells don’t have membrane bound organelles but human cells
  • do bacterial cells have plasmids free in cytoplasm but human cells don’t
  • Bacterial cells have cell wall but human cells don’t
  • Bacterial DNA is not associated with proteins
  • bacterial cells have slime capsule
  • bacteria lacks nucleus
  • bacterial cells have 70S ribosomes but human cells have a 80S ribosomes
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Write a flow chart to describe binary fisson

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  1. Circular DNA and plasmids replicate
  2. the circular DNA’s get pulled to opposite ends of cell and attaches to cell membrane
  3. plasmids move randomly by diffusion bacterial cell grows so cell elongates further apart from each other
  4. cell membrane pinches inwards in the middle of the cell so the cytoplasm divides
  5. new cells wall forms producing 2 daughter cells
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Write a flow chart to describe replication of viruses

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  1. virus attaches to host cell using attatchment proteins
  2. nucleic acid gets injected into host cell
  3. host cell transcribes and translates viral genes
  4. these proteins form new virus particles made
  5. too many viruses ➜ cell lysis
  6. viruses escape and infect more cells
  7. host cell destroyed
73
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what is a capsid

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  • The capsid is the protective protein coat that surrounds the viral genetic material.
  • It helps to protect the virus from the host’s immune system and to deliver the viral genetic material into the host cell.
74
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give a function of glycoproteins

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cell recognition

75
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why can’t an optical microscope see plasma membrane

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  • resolution is not high enough
  • as light has a longer wavelength
76
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Describe how lactose is made and how in the cell it’s attatched to a polypeptide to form a glycoprotein and transported to the cell surface

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  • glucose and galactose
  • joined by condensation reaction
  • joined by a glycosidic bond
  • added to polypeptide in golgi apparatus
  • transported to cell surface in a vesicle
77
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describe replication process of bacterial cells (6 marks)

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  • Binary fission
  • circular DNA and plasmids replicate
  • circular DNA attaches to opposite ends of cell membrane
  • bacterial cell grows
  • cell membrane pinches inwards in the middle of the cell
  • cytoplasm divides to form 2 daughter cells each has variable number of plasmids
  • cell wall is formed around each daughter’s cell
78
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Describe how you would use a microscope to find the mean diameter of triglyceride droplets on a slide. (3)

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  • Place a stage micrometre on the stage.
  • Calibrate the eye piece graticule using the stage micrometre.
  • Measure how many eye piece graticules is one bile droplet
  • Repeat measurements from each concentration to find mean diameter.
79
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Give the two types of molecules from which a ribosome is made

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  • ribosomal RNA
  • ribosomal protein
80
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Structures that are found in bacteria but not plant cells: (2)

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  • circular DNA
  • meurin cell wall
  • smaller ribosomes (70S)
81
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Explain how a foetus is protected from pathogens that infect its mother during its pregnancy (3)

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  1. antibodies (from mother) are complementary/bind specifically;
  2. To pathogens/antigens crossing the placenta;
  3. Giving passive immunity (in fetus)
82
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Explain how giving children more than one jab develops good immunity against tetanus (2)

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  • more memory cells produced
  • more rapid production of antibodies (on further infection)
83
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Contrast how an optical microscope and a transmission electron microscope work and contrast the limitations of their use when studying cells. (6)

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  1. TEM use electrons and optical use light;
  2. TEM allows a greater resolution;
  3. (So with TEM) smaller organelles / named cell structure can be observed
  4. TEM view only dead / dehydrated specimens and optical (can) view live specimens;
  5. TEM does not show colour and optical (can);
  6. TEM requires thinner specimens;
  7. TEM requires a more complex/time consuming preparation;
  8. TEM focuses using magnets and optical uses (glass) lenses;
84
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Beetroot pigment practical

Why was it important to control the volume of water?

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  • if the volume is too high then the concentration of the pigment will be lower
  • makes results comparable
85
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What 2 organelles are needed for antibody production?

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  • rER / ribosomes
  • golgi apparatus
86
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Explain why the potato increased in length: (2)

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  • water moves in down a WP gradient
  • cells become turgid and elongate
87
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Suggest and explain how two environmental variables could be changed to increase the growth rate of these cells. (4)

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  1. Increased (concentration of) glucose;
  2. Increased respiration;
    ..
  3. Increased (concentration of) oxygen;
  4. Increased respiration;
    ..
  5. Increased (concentration of) nucleotides;
  6. Increased DNA synthesis;

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