Chapter 1: Cells

Question 1

What are the two types of cells and which are human ?

Answer 1

Prokaryotes are plant base no membrane around the indistincted nucleus
Eukaryotes are human and animal based and are more complex than prokaryotes

Question 2

Each cell has three main elements what are they ?

Answer 2

• cell membrane
• the cytoplasm
• and the organelles

Question 3

What does the terms permeable and semipermeable mean ?

Answer 3

Means it allows substances to pass from one side to the other but will not allow others to pass

Question 4

Cytoplasm?

Answer 4

Thick fluid that fills the cell

Question 5

A)Erythrocytes?

B)Leukocyte?

Answer 5

A)Red blood cells

B)white blood cells

Question 6

Phagocyte?

Answer 6

Cell that has ability to eat other cells and substances like bacteria and cell debris

Question 7

Cytokine ?

Answer 7

Protein produced by white blood cells that instructs other cells to respond in a genetically preprogrammed way

Question 8

Substances dissolved in the cytosol?

Answer 8

Electrolytes,proteins,glucose and lipids

Question 9

Electrolytes?

Answer 9

Are substances that form ions when they break down or dissociate in water

Question 10

Diffusion?

Answer 10

Is the tendency of molecules to move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

Question 11

Osmosis?

Answer 11

The passage of a solvent such as water through a membrane