Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Cells
- Microscopes
- Optical
- Can view images up to 1000x but has a low
resolution and therefore is not fit for viewing
minute details.
- Electron
- Scanning Electron
Microscope (SEM)
- Like an MRI, SEMs take
layers of samples and then
join the sections together,
creating a 3D image.
- Transmission Electron
Microscope (TEM)
- Organelles
- Cell Surface Membrane
- Controls what goes into
and out of the cell. Controls
osmosis and diffusion.
- Nucleus
- Contains DNA, mRNA travels from
here through the nuclear pours to
ribosomes to synthesise protiens
- Mitochondrion
- Cristae
- Synthesises ATP (energy)
- Lysosomes
- Digests unwanted cells and proteins
- Ribosomes
- Synthesises proteins.
- Rough Endoplasmic Recticulum
- Has ribosomes on the surface making its
appearance look 'rough'. Centre of all
protein synthesis.
- Smooth Endoplasmic Recticulum
- Manufactures lipids
- Stores glycogen in the liver
- Golgi Apparatus
- Gathers small molecules
and turns them into
larger more complex ones.
The apparatus packages
them into vesicles and
either stores them for
later use or sends them
out of the cell.
- Synthesises lysosomes (cell digestion machines)
- Digests unwanted proteins
- Differential Centrifugation
- Homogenate
- Pellets are filtered using their deffering densities
- A: Blended cell, contains all organelles
- B: Nucleus
- C: Mitochondrion
- D: Ribosomes
- Isotonic
- Equal water potential.
- Buffer
- Prevents change in pH levels.
- Hypotonic
- Lower concentration of salts-> high water potential
- Hypertonic
- High concentration of salts-> low water potential
- Water Potential
- Ψ
- Water potential is essentially a unit of
osmosis, but water molecules do not
transfer from high concentration to low, it
is due to probability that molecules are
around the same amount on each side.
- Ice Cold
- Halts enzyme activity.
- Prokaryotic Cells
- Does not contain a membrane bound nucleus or any
membrane bound organelles
- Bacteria Cells
- Has a flagellum, capsule,
bacterial chromosome,
mesosomes, plasmid
DNA and a plasma membrane.
- Eukaryotic Cells
- Contains a nucleus and
membrane-bound organelles
- Animal
- No cell wall or vacuole. Only has cell membrane. Contains mitochondrion for synthesising ATP
- Plant
- Has a cell wall,
chloroplasts containing
chlorophyll and vacuole.