Week 1: types of cells

Question 1

Features unique to animal cells?

Answer 1

• Lysosomes
• Flagella
• Centrosome

Question 2

Features unique to plant cells?

Answer 2

• Chloroplasts
• Central vacuole
• Hard cellulose cell wall`

Question 3

What are some features common across eukaryotic cells?

Answer 3

• Mitochondria
• Nucleus
• DNA
• Lipids
• Golgi body
• Ribosomes
• Endoplasmic reticulum
• Plasma membranes
• Cytoplasm

Question 4

What are the prokaryotes?

Answer 4

• Bacteria

- Some algae

Question 5

Who are the eukaryotes?

Answer 5

• Animals
• Plants
• Protists

Question 6

What sort of cell are viruses?

Answer 6

Viruses are NOT cells: no capacity for independent life.

- Relies on replication of cells for self-replication.

Question 7

Prokes vs eukes?

Answer 7

Euk: plants, funghi, protists

• true nucleus
• Internal membranes
• Reproduce with mitosis and meiosis
• DNA bound to proteins
• May have cell wall of usually cellulose

Proke: bacteria

• No true nucleus
• No internal membranes
• Reproduce with binary fission
• Circular DNA, double-stranded DNA, can also have smaller rings of DNA called plasmids.
• May have cell wall of peptidoglican