Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Cells
- Prokaryotic
- single cells e.g
bacteria
- DNA free in
cytoplasm
- circular DNA
- cell wall
- made of a
polysaccharide
- organelles not
membrane bound
- small ribosomes
- very small cells
- less than 2micrometres
- flagellum
- plasmid -
ring of DNA
- eukaryotic
- complex cells
- Animal
- plasma membrane
- made of lipids
and protein
- regulates substance
movement in and out of cell
- receptor molecules
- nucleus
- nucleolus
- makes ribosomes
- contains chromatin
- made from proteins
and DNA
- golgi apparatus
- flattened sacs
- processes and packages
new lipids and proteins
- makes lyosomes
- nuclear envelope
- surrounds nucleus,
has pores
- allow substances to
move between nucleus
and cytoplasm
- ribosome
- in cytoplasm or
on RER
- site where
proteins are made
- rough endoplasmic
rectilium
- folds and processes
proteins from ribosomes
- smooth endoplasmic
rectilium
- synthesises and processes lipids
- cytoplasm
- mitochondrion
- cristae on inside
- site of aerobic
respiration
- ATP produced
- lyosome
- round, no
internal structure
- contains digestive
enzymes
- centriole
- small, hollow
cylinders
- separates chromosones
during cell division
- cilia
- hair-like structures
- found on surface
membrane
- move substances
along cell surface
- flagellum
- microubules contract to
make flagellum moce
- propel cells forward
- Plant
- same organelles
as animal cells
- chloroplast
- internal structure
- photosynthesis site
- vacuole
- cell wall
- plasmodesmata
- channels for exchanging
substances between
adjacent cells
- celllose
- supports plant cells
- flagellum
- Protein production
- 1) proteins made at
ribosomes
- RER ribosomes
make proteins to be
excreted/attached to
cell membrane
- free ribosomes make proteins
that stay in cytoplasm
- 2) transported in vesicles
to golgi apparatus
- 3) golgi modifies and
packs in vesicles to be
transported around cell
- Cytoskeleton
- protein threads running
through cytoplasm
- microfilaments/microtubules
- support cells organelles,
keeping their position
- help strengthen cell
and maintain shape
- transport
organelles/materials
within cell
- proteins of cytoskeleton can
cause cell to move
- Microscopes
- magnification
- length of image/
length of specimen
- how much bigger
the image is than
specimen
- bigger unit to smaller
unit = x 1000
- smaller unit to
bigger unit = / 1000
- resolution
- how well a microscope can
distinguish between towo close
together points
- Light microscope
- maximum resolution
of 0.2 micrometres
- maximum
magnification
x1500
- light beams through object
- objects can be
stained to view object
- different dyes are used to
stain specific parts of cell
- Electron
- transmission elecrtron
- electromagnets focus a beam of
electrons through specimen
- maximum
resolution 0.0001
micrometres
- show internal structures
of organelles
- maximum magnification more
than x1000000
- objects dipped in solution of
metals, scatetering the
electrons = staining specimen
- black and white image
- scanning electron
- scan a beam of electrons
across specimen
- form 3D image
- maximum resolution 0.005 micrometres
- maximum magnification
less than 1000000
- Membranes
- Structure
- fluid mosiac model
- model describing
arrangement of molecules in
the membrane
- moving phospholipid molecules
from a continious fluid
bilayer
- form a barrier to water
soluble substances
- centre is hydrophobic so
water soluble substances
cannot get through
- small non polar
substances can
diffuse through
- hydrophilic head and
hydrophobic tail
- from a bilayer, heads
face toward water on
either side of membrane
- cholesterol
- gives stability to
membrane
- fits between
phospholipids
- binds to hydrophobic
tails of phospholipids
- makes membrane
less fluid, and more
stable
- has hydrophobic regions
to create barrier to polar
substances
- glycolipids and
glycoproteins
- stabilise membrane
- forms hydrogen bonds
with surrounding water
molecules
- act as receptors
for messenger
molecules
- plasma membranes control
sibstances entering and
leaving cell
- partially permeable
- let some molecules
in but not others
- Temperature
- below 0 degrees
- little energy for
phosopholipids to
move
- channel proteins
and carrier
proteins denature
- increasing
permeability of
membrane
- ice crystals can
pierce membrane =
highly permeable
- 0-45 degrees
- phospholipids can
move around
- pertially permeable
membrane
- increase in temp = phospholipids
move more = hgher permeability
of membrane
- 45+ degrees
- bilayer starts to melt = more
permeable membrane
- water inside cell expands
= pressure on membrane
- channel and carrier
proteins denature
- no control over what
enters/leaves cell
- increased permeability
- Cell signalling
- 1) one cell releases a
messenger molecule
- messenger
molecules can
be hormones
- messenger molecules
can be drugs
- trigger response or
block the receptor
- 2) molecule travels
to another cell
- 3) messenger
molecule binds to
receptors on target
cell
- 4) triggers cell
response
- membrane bound proteins
act as receptors for specific
messenger molecules
- receptors are a specific
shape to the messenger
molecule
- complmentary
- Exchange
- Diffusion
- net movement of particles
from an area of higher
concentration to an area
of lower concentration
- gradient is the path
from an area or high
to low concentration
- particles diffuse
down a concentration
gradient
- continues until
particles are
evenly distributed
- passive
- Factors
- concentration gradient
- higher = faster rate
- exchange surface
thickness
- thinner = faster rate
- surface area
- larger = faster rate
- Osmosis
- diffusion of water molecules
across a partially permeable
membrane
- from an area of higher
water potential to lower
water potential
- water potential
- potential of water
molecules to diffuse in
or out of a solution
- pure water = 0
- any solution is
negative
- lower likelihood
to diffuse
- more negative = stronger
concentration of solutes
- Isotonic solutions
- two solutions with the
same water potential
- no net movement of water
in an isotonic solution
- HypOtonic solutions
- solution with higher water
potential than inside of cell
- weak concentration
of solutes
- plant cell - vacuole
swells - turgid
- animal cell - swell
and bursts
- HypERtonic solutions
- solution with lower water
potential than inside cell
- plant cell - becomes
flaccid - plasmolysis
- animal cell - shrinks
- strong concentration
of solutes
- Facilitated Diffusion
- large molecules cannot
diffuse directly through
bilayer
- moves particles down a
concentration gradient
- passive -
no energy
- carrier proteins
- move large
molecules
into/out of cell
- 1) large molecule attaches to
carrier protein in membrane
- 2) protein changes shape
- 3) releases molecule on
opposite side of membrane
- different carrier proteins
facilitate the diffusion of
different molecules
- channel proteins
- form pores in membrane for
smaller ions/polar molecules
to diffuse through
- different channel
proteins facilitate the
diffusion of different
particles
- Active Transport
- uses energy from ATP to move
molecules/ions across
plasma membranes
- against
concentration
gradient
- uses carrier proteins
in the same way as
facilitated diffusion
- Endocytosis
- 1) cell surrounds
molecule with part of
plasma membrane
- 2) membrane pinches
off to form vesicle inside
cell, with ingested
molecule inside
- some molecules too
large to be taken by
carrier proteins
- Exocytosis
- some substances need to
be released from cell
- 1) vesicles with
substance pinch
off from golgi sacs
- 2) move toward
plasma membrane
- 3) vesicles fuse with plasma
membrane, releasing contents
outside of cell
- Division
- Cell cycle
- process that all body cells
use to grow and divide
- 1) Mitosis
- cell division
- Interphase
- 2) Gap phase 1
- cell grows, new
organelles/proteins
made
- 3) Synthesis
- DNA replicated and
checked for errors
- 4) Gap phase 2
- cell keeps growing,
proteins for cell
division made
- DNA unravelled
and replicated to
double it's genetic
content
- organelles replicated and
ATP content increased for
cell division
- Mitosis
- chromosomes
- 2 strands (chromatids)
joined by a centromere
- sister chromatids
- 2 because the chromosome already
made identical copy during interphase
- 1) Prophase
- chromosomes
condense
- centrioles move to
opposite ends of
cell
- form spindle - protein
fibres across cell
- nuclear envelope
breaks down
- chromosomes free in cytoplasm
- 2) Metaphase
- chromosomes line up
along middle of cell
- spindle equator
- chromosomes
attach to spindle
by centromere
- 3) Anaphase
- centromeres
divide
- separating each pair
of sister chromatids
- spindles contract
- pulling chromatids to
opposite ends of cell
- 4) Telophase
- chromatids reach
opposite poles on spindle
- nuclear envelope forms around
each group of chromosomes
- cytokineses occurs
- division of cytoplasm
- cell membrane
constricts, pinching cell
into two daughter cells
- daughter cells are
genetically identical
to original cell and
eachother
- Plants
- only cells in meristems
can divide by mitosis
- no centrioles - spindle
forms without them
- cytokinesis begins in
centre of cell with a cell
plate
- Asexual
- using mitosis
- new organisms produced
are genetically identical to
parent cell
- Budding
- 1) parent cell swells on one
side forming bud at surface
- yeast cells
- 2) interphase -
relplication
- 3) mitosis
- replicated DNA, cytoplasm
and organelles move into bud
- 4) budding cell contains
nucleus with identical copy of
parent cell's DNA
- 5) cytokinesis occurs
- bud pinches off from parent cell
forming new genetically identical cell
- Sexual
- homologus pairs
- pairs of matching
chromosomes
- same size,
same genes
- body cells have
diploid number of
chromosomes (2n)
- gametes
- haploid number of
chromosomes
- one copy of each
chromosome
- haploid sperm fuses with haploid egg
= diploid number of chromosomes
- zygote formed
- Meiosis
- division in reproductive
organs to produce gametes
- cells formed are
genetically different
- 1) DNA replicates and coils
up to form chromosomes
- arrange into homologous pairs
- 2) pairs swap parts of
chromatids with eachother
- chromatids now have
new combination of
alleles
- 3) homologous pairs split in first division
- any one chromosome
can go into either of 2 new cells
- 4) each chromosome splits
in half in second division
- any half can go into
any 4 new cells
- four new genetically
different cells
produced
- Stem Cells
- unspecialised cells
- can develop into
any type of cell
- found in early embryos
- Differentiation
- stem cells divide to
become new cells
- process of how a cell
becomes specialised for
it's job
- bone marrow
- contain adult stem cells
- stem cells divide and differentiate
to replace worn out blood cells
- erthrocyte and neutrophils
- cambium
- stem cells in plants
- stem cells of cambium in
root/shoot divide and differentiate
to become xylem and phloem
- cambium forms ring
inside root/shoots
- cells divide and grow out of ring
- differentiating as they move
away from cambium
- Specialised cells
- after differentiation, cells
have specific function
- structure adapted to
perform function
- erythrocytes
- carry oxygen in blood
- biconcave disc shape
- large surface area for gas exchange
- no nucleus
- more room for haemoglobin
- neutrophils
- defend body
against disease
- flexible shape allows them
to engulf foreign pathogens
- many lysosomes to break
down engulfed pathogens
- epithelial cells
- cover organ surfaces
- cilia move particles away
- microvilli folds in cell membrane
to increase surface area
- Sperm cells
- have flagellum to
swim to egg
- many mitochondria
for energy to swim
- acrosome contains
digestive enzymes
- to penetrate surface of egg
- Palisade mesophyll cells
- many chloroplasts to
absorb sunlight
- photosynethesis
- thin walls = CO2 can easily
diffuse into cell
- Root hair cells
- absorb water and
mineral ions from soil
- large surface area for
absorption
- thin permeable cell wall for entry
- many mitochondria for
energy for active transport
- Guard cells
- pores in leaf for
gas exchange
- thin outer walls and
thickened inner walls
- bend outwards = opening stomata
- allows gas exchange for
photosynthesis
- take up water and
become turgid in light
- Organisation
- Tissues
- group of cells specialised
to work together to carry
out a function
- squamous epithelium
- single layer of flat
cells lining a
surface
- thin exchange for
diffusion
- alveoli in lungs
- ciliated epithelium
- layer of cells
covered in cilia
- on surfaces to
move things
- in trachea to
move mucus
- xylem
- transports water
around plant
- supports plant
- phloem
- arranged in tubes,
made up of sieve and
companion cells
- sieve cells have end
walls (sieve plates)
with holes in to move
sap through
- Cooperation
- multicellular organisms work
efficently as they have different cells
specialised for different functions
- cells, tissues + organs
must cooperate to keep
organism alive and running
- Transport systems
- carry substances
between different
cells
- plants - xylem carry water +
minerals from root hair cells to
palisade
- humans - circulatory system
helps move substances around
body in blood
- Communication systems
- allow communication
between cells in different
parts of organism
- chemical systems using
messenger molecules
- nervous system
- muscle cells depend on
oxygen - which depend on
erythrocytes to carry oxygen
from lungs
- Organs
- group of tissues that work
together to perform a
function
- lungs
- carry out gas
exchange
- contain squamous epithelium in
alveoli and ciliated epithelium in
bronchi/trachea
- elastic connective
tissue and vascular
tissue
- Organ systems
- organs working
together to perform a
function
- respiratory
- all organs involved
in gas exchange
- circulatory
- all organs involved in
blood supply