STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST on Cell Biology on December 9th and December 10th

First and foremost, you should study all bell quizzes, starting with bell quiz 13 and up to bell
quiz 25. Make all corrections and understand the reasoning behind the answer.

The pages in the notebook that the exam will cover are from R24 to approximately R42 (we will
still add a few pages next week). Here are some main points to cover:

- Be able to list the five characteristics of life.

- What are the four most important compounds in living things?
- Be able to describe all cell parts.
- Know the five scientists who were important in the discovery of the cell.
- Be able to list the three parts to the cell theory.
- Practice identifying cell parts
- Know all notes – What is life? notes, Chemistry of life notes, and Introduction to the cell
notes.

I will not ask specific questions from any of the videos we have watched, or specific dates.
However, you should have a general idea about the scientists we discussed and their significance
– for example – Louis Pasteur was the final scientist to disprove spontaneous generation, and the
work of Schleiden, Schwann and Virchow led to the Cell Theory.

- Know all definitions you have written in your notebook, and be able to relate them to the
notes you have taken.
- Understand how cells obtain energy – cellular respiration, photosynthesis, and understand
the role of glucose and ATP (only in cellular respiration) in each. Be able to recognize
the reactions of each.
- What is an inorganic compound? What is an organic compound?
- Name the four most important types of compounds in living things?
- How are these compounds used in living things? (ie- are they used as hormones, energy,
etc?)
- Understand the cycle of proteins in the cell – nucleous makes ribosomes, ribosomes make
protein, protein is transported via the ER to the Golgi bodies (or golgi apparatus), where
they are processed and packaged for use within the cell or outside the cell.
- Know and understand the terms Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic. Which organisms are
prokaryotic? Eukaryotic?
- What are the differences between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells?
- What organelles contain DNA?
- What is DNA? What type of organic compound is it?
- What is the cell membrane, why is it important, and what two ingredients are it made of?
- What is homeostasis? Why is it important?
- Why does most energy come from the sun?
- In what two ways can living things grow? Hint – unicellular vs multicellular
- How are the offspring of asexual versus sexual reproduction different?
- Know the major parts of the microscope.
- How do you begin looking at a specimen under the microscope? What objective lens do
you use? How do you focus?
Study hard and Good Luck!! Don’t forget you can ask me if you have questions.