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Cell Structure

1. Inyourownwords,stateCellTheory.(1)
2. Distinguishbetweenmagnificationandresolution.(1)
3. Compareandcontrastlightmicroscopywithelectronmicroscopy.Foreachdiscussitsadvantages
anddisadvantages.(2)
4. Dr.MaryHoweisinterestedinlearningaboutthefeedingbehaviorsofverysmallbacterialcells.
Whattypeofmicroscopewouldshefindmostuseful?BeSpecific!Justifyyourchoiceby
discussingtheparticularadvantagesshewouldgainbyusingthatparticularmicroscope.(2)
5. Dr.ThomasThornisstudyingthestructuralcharacteristicsoftheexternalcellmembranesof
amoebae.Whichtypeofmicroscopewouldhefindmostuseful?BeSpecific!Justifyyourchoice
bydiscussingtheparticularadvantageshewouldgainbyusingthatparticularmicroscope.(2)
6. Thediameterofaribosomeis~20nm.Expressthissizeinmicrometres(m)andmillimetres
(mm).Showyourworkingsusingdimensionalanalysistoconvertyourunits.(1)
7. Alightmicroscopecannotdistinguishobjectssmallerthan200nminsize.Usingyourknowledge
oftheelectromagneticspectrum,explainwhythisisthecase.Whyisabluefilteroftenusedto
enhanceresolutiononafinelightmicroscope?(2)
8. Whatisthepurposeofporesinthenuclearmembrane?BeSpecific.(1)
9. Ribosomesaremadeinthenucleolus.Whyisthisalogicallocationfortheirmanufacture?(1)
10. Describethelogicbehindtheflowchartbelow.Foreachorganelle,describeitsrelationtothe
othersanditsspecificfunction.(2)
i. golgivesicles
11. endoplasmicreticulum
golgiapparatus
i. lysosomes
12. Whywouldaspermcellhaveaspecializedlysosomeinitshead?(1)
13. Compareandcontrastciliaandflagellaintermsof:function(s),typesofcellswherefound,and
abundancepercell.(1)
TotalPoints:20

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