Unit 6 - Cell Structure and Membrane Transport

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Cell Division:


Cell Structure – Transport through membrane:

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Unit Outcomes

CELLS

  • Understand the basics of mitotic cell division - how cells reproduce more identical daughter cells.

  • Understand the cell cycle and the stages of

G1 - S - G2 - M - C

  • Understand the structure and function of the cell’s membrane

  • Understand how experiments with artificial membranes have added to our understanding of the structure and function of the plasma membrane.

  • Understand how molecules move through the cell’s membrane

  • Understand molecular concentration gradients

(hypo, iso and hypertonic)

  • Understand the structure, shape and function of the major cell organelles

  • Understand the differences between a virus, a bacteria cell (prokaryote) and a eukaryotic cell