Study questions
The following
questions are intended as a guide to help you focus your studying. You
must, however, do more than memorize the answers to each of these questions.
You need to understand the material and be able to discuss the concepts
in your own words. Use active study techniques as much as possible (i.e.,
you must do more than just read over your answers many times). I also recommend
that you take advantage of the learning resources at the end of each chapter
in the textbook, including the associated exercises on the textbook website
(www.essentialbiology.com).
back to Study Aids
Chapter
4: A tour of the cell
1. Describe the main differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
and between plant and animal cells.
2. Be able to describe the structure and function of the following: plasma
membrane, nucleus (including nuclear membrane, chromatin/chromosomes,
nucleolus), endoplasmic reticulum (smooth and rough), Golgi apparatus,
vesicles (lysosomes, vacuoles), energy converters (mitochondria and
chloroplasts), ribosomes, cytoskeleton (microfilaments, intermediate
filaments, microtubules), centrioles, and cilia and flagella.
3. Be able to trace the path of protein synthesis, modification, packaging
and transport in the cell from its start in the nucleus through to its
final destination.
