Advanced Level Biology Revision Guide

By: Ms. Eugene, MSc, Bsc. Lecturer

AS UNIT 2 REVISION 1 2012/10/13

1. Give an example for a prokaryotic organism. 2. Name the types of cell division occurring in eukaryotes. 3. What are prokaryotes? 4. What are eukaryotes? 5. Differentiate prokaryotes from eukaryotes. 6. Write the characteristic features of prokaryotes. 7. List the characteristic features of eukaryotes. 8. Who discovered the cell and when? 9. Who put forth the cell theory? 10. What are the major components of the typical cell? 11. Which are the power houses of the cell? 12.Give the functions of the golgi body? 13. What are the functions of the plasma membrane/ 14. Write a short note on the structure and function of lysosomes. 15. With reference to the cell membrane explain fully what is meant by each of these two terms a. bilayer b. fluid mosaic 16. What term is applied to the outer layer of an animal cell.

17. What additional outer layer is found in plant cells only? 18. Which organelle has a double membrane and is found only in plant cells? 19. Which organelle is considered with respiration? 20. Suggest the difference in destination of proteins produced by free ribosomes and those produced by rough ER.

21. What features are a. possessed by both plant and animal cells b. possessed by plant cells only. 22. With what materials must cells be supplied if they are to live and grow. 23. In many microscopical preparations of animal tissues it is difficult to make out the cell boundaries and yet the disposition and numbers of the cells can usually be determined. Which cell structure makes this possible. 24. At one time it was thought that cytoplasm was a kind of stuctureless jelly. At the same time it was difficult to understand how a complicated series of ordered chemical reactions could take place in such an amorphous fluid. How do you think that electron microscope studies of the cell have helped to resolve this problem. 25.a. Make a labeled diagram to show the structure of a typical animal cell and give one function of each of the parts you name. b. Name three ways in which a typical photosynthetic plant cell differs from an animal cell.