Unit 2: Producing New Cells Booklet LOs

Question 1

State the number of chromosomes found in a human cell

Question 2

State that body cells are diploid and what diploid means

Question 3

Give examples of when cells need to divide

Question 4

State what is meant by chromosome complement

Question 5

State what is meant by mitosis

Question 6

Describe the process of mitosis

Question 7

Explain the importance of maintaining the chromosome number during mitosis

Question 8

What are stem cells?

Answer 8

Non-specialised (undifferentiated) cells

Question 9

What can stem cells do?

Answer 9

Become any type of cell

Question 10

What are stem cells involved in?

Answer 10

Growth and repair

Question 11

Give examples of uses of stem cells in animals

Question 12

What is the difference between embryonic and tissue stem cells?

Question 13

What do multicellular organisms contain?

Answer 13

More than one type of cell

Question 14

State what is meant by a specialised cell

Question 15

Give examples of tissues and organs and the body system that are involved with in animals

Question 16

Give examples of tissues and organs and the system they are involved with in plants

Question 17

Understand and describe the hierarchy of the formation of a system