Cell Structure and Function


  

A large eukarytoic cell - the yellow one - captures and kills prokaryotic cells - the little red bacteria.

 

California Standards: 

  1. The fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that occur in specialized areas of the organism's cells. As a basis for understanding this concept:

  • Students know how prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells (including those from plants and animals), and viruses differ in complexity and general structure. 
  • Students know the role of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus in the secretion of proteins
  • Students know how eukaryotic cells are given shape and internal organization by a cytoskeleton or cell wall or both. 
  • Students know cells are enclosed within semi permeable membranes that regulate their interaction with their surroundings.  

 

 Read Chapter 7, pages 152-166. (Hint: study the pictures)

 Do the Directed Reading Questions: 7.1 Questions, 7.2 Questions, 7.3 Questions

 

Resources  Microscopy  Structures of Cells  Structures of Cells 

 

Prokaryotic Cells

unicellular organisms 

  • bacteria

 

Eukaryotic Cells

multicellular organisms

  • animals
  • plants

unicellular and multicellular organisms

  • protists
  • fungi

 

Viruses

nonliving

made of nucleic acids and proteins

 

 

Assignment

1. Read Chapter 7

pages 152-166

(Hint: study the pictures)

 

2. Do the Directed Reading Questions:

7.1 Questions

7.2 Questions

7.3 Questions

 

7.1 PowerPoint

7.2 PowerPoint

7.3 PowerPoint 

 

Structures and Functions Notes

 

 

1. Read the microscope magnification worksheet and complete the table in your notebook

 

2. Use a microscope to see:

  • prokaryotic cells: bacteria
  • unicellular eukaryotic cells: protists
  • multicellular eukaryotic cells: animals

 

3. Draw and label the cells at different magnifications in your notebook

  

4. Draw a scale bar and estimate the size of the cell in your notebook

 

  • prokaryotic cells: 40X, 100X, 400X
  • protist cells: 40X, 100X, 400X
  • animal cells: 40X, 100X, 400X

 

 

 

 

   

Cell and Virus Models

  

Use the textbook and the Cells Alive interactive animation

  • Draw and label a diagram of each cell in your notebook
  • Draw and label the structures of each cell in your notebook - see below
  • Draw and label the structures of a virus in your notebook

 

Draw and label these structures: 

  

prokaryotic cell structures (Chapter 20)

  1. cell wall
  2. plasma membrane
  3. pilus (pili plural)
  4. flagellum (flagella plural)
  5. ribosome
  6. cytoplasm
  7. nucleoid
  8. plasmid

 

virus structures (Chapter 20) 
  1. nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
  2. capsid
  3. *envelope (optional)
  4. *tail fibers (optional)

 

 

 

  

Cell and Virus Models (cont.)

 

Draw and label these structures: 

 

  eukaryotic animal cell structures

  1. plasma membrane
  2. cytoskeleton
  3. nucleus
  4. nucleolus
  5. chromatin
  6. nuclear membrane
  7. cytoplasm
  8. rough endoplasmic reticulum
  9. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
  10. Golgi apparatus
  11. vesicle
  12. vacuole
  13. mitochondrion (mitochondria plural)
  14. lysosome
  15. peroxisome
  16. centrosome
  17. centriole
  18. ribosome 

 

  eukaryotic plant cell structures

  1-18 above

  19. cell wall

  20. chloroplast

  *12. central vacuole 

 

Functions of Cell Structures - Animal Cell

  

  • organelle: any cell structure with a membrane (“little organ”)

 

1. plasma membrane (cell membrane): controls movement of substances and information into and out of the cell

 

2. cytoskeleton: keeps the shape of the cell and holds and moves the organelles

 

3. nucleus: organelle that protects the DNA

 

4. nucleolus: inside the nucleus, makes ribosomes

 

5. chromatin: DNA wrapped loosely around proteins in the nucleus

 

6. nuclear membrane: controls movement of substances into and out of the nucleus

 

7. cytoplasm: liquid that fills the cell, mostly water with many molecules, compounds, and ions dissolved in it where a lot of chemical reactions happen

 

8. rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER): folded membrane near the nucleus that has ribosomes attached to it, helps make proteins and send them out of the cell

 

9. smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER):  folded membrane that makes lipids

 

10.  Golgi apparatus: organizes and packages proteins made by the RER into vesicles to transport out of the cell

 

11.  vesicle: a small membrane ball used to hold and move substances

 

12.  vacuole: a large membrane ball for storing substances

 

13.  mitochondrion (mitochondria plural): produces ATP energy from food molecules

 

14.  lysosome: a vesicle that contains enzymes that recycle old cell structures

 

15peroxisome: a vesicle that contains enzymes that break down cell waste

 

16centrosome: organizes microtubules for cell division and building cilia and flagella

 

17.  centriole: microtubules inside the centrosome that make new microtubules

 

18. ribosome: makes proteins

 

 

 

Eukaryotic Animal Cell  

 

 

 

  Functions of Cell Structures - Plant Cell

 

 

1-18 same as above

 

*12. central vacuole: a large vacuole filled with water to press against the cell wall to support the cell

 

19.  cell wall: a hard protective structure outside the plasma membrane

 

20. chloroplast: produces organic compounds (food) for the cell

 

 

Eukaryotic Plant Cell

 

 

 

Prokaryotic Cell (bacteria)

 

         bacteria_cell-full.jpg

Structures and Functions

 

  1. cell wall: hard protective outside the plasma membrane

  2. plasma membrane: controls transport in and out of the cell

  3. pilus (pili plural): used to attach to things

  4. flagellum (flagella plural): used for movement (like a tail for swimming)

  5. ribosome: makes proteins

  6. cytoplasm: liquid that fills the cell, where the chemical reactions happen

  7. nucleoid: region where the DNA is (no nucleus)

  8. plasmid: small circular piece of DNA

 

Virus (not alive, not a cell)

 

 

         

 

Structures and Functions

 

  1. nucleic acid (DNA or RNA): information for making more viruses

  2. capsid: protective protein coat that holds the nucleic acids, helps attach and enter cells

  3. envelope (optional): lipid layer outside the capsid that helps attach to cells

  4. tail fibers (optional): used to attach to cells and insert the nucleic acid into the cell

 

 

  

Assessments 

 

Notebook - Microscopy

1. Microscope magnification table (4 points)

2. Drawings of cells

  • 9 drawings - clear and accurate (4 points)
  • magnification and cell labels - for example: "Protist cell 100X" (4 points)
  • scale bars - accurate (4 points)
  • cell size - accurate (4 points)

 

4 points = complete, 3 points = mostly complete, 2 points = partly complete, 1 point = very little complete

 

Total possible = 20 points 

 

 

Notebook - Cell and Virus Models

  • four models (4 points)
  • structures (4 points)
  • labels (4 points)

 

4 points = complete, 3 points = mostly complete, 2 points = partly complete, 1 point = very little complete 

 

Total possible = 12 points

 

Cell Structure and Function Quiz

    (Textbook 7.1, 7.2, 7.3)

 

 

 

     

 

Chapter 8

 

Cell Membrane 

   

 

Read Chapter 8

pages 176 - 186

Do the Directed Reading Questions

8.1 Questions

8.2 Questions

8.3 Questions

 

8.1 PowerPoint

8.2 PowerPoint

8.3 PowerPoint

 

Homeostasis: keeping stable conditions inside the cell or organism despite a constantly changing environment

 

Example: membranes control the movement of water and other substances into and out of cells and organelles. Membranes maintain stable concentrations of water and substances inside cells and organelles.

 

 

Cell Membrane Structure

 

Phospholipids

The cell membrane is made of a double layer of phospholipids.

  • Phospholipids are special lipids that have a polar molecule attached at one end
  • The phospholipid has two fatty acids at the other end
  • The phospholipid has a polar "head" and a nonpolar "tail"

       

  • Outside the cell is mostly water
  • Inside the cell is mostly water
  • The phospholipids are arranged in two layers so that the polar "heads are facing outside to the water and inside to water
  • The nonpolar "tails" are inside the membrane

 

Proteins

Membrane proteins are part of the cell membrane.

 

There are four kinds of membrane proteins

  1. Cell surface markers - identify the cell
  2. Receptor proteins - receive signals from outside the cell
  3. Enzymes - help with chemical reactions inside the cell
  4. Transport proteins - move substances into and out of the cell

 

 

Cell Membrane Function

 

The cell membrane controls the movement of substances and information into and out of the cell.

 

1. Passive Transport

Solution = solute + solvent

The solute is mixed in the solvent to make a solution.

The solute is any substaqnce dissolved in water.

 

The amount of solute can be the same inside and outside the cell = equilibrium.

 

When there is no equilibrium, there is a concentration gradient = more solute on one side than the other.

 

Diffusion = the movement of solute from high concentration to low concentration.

 

Facilitated diffusion = the movement from high to low concentration through a channel protein or carrier protein. Large and polar compounds cannot move through the phospholipids, so they go through pores made by channel proteins or they are carried across the membrane by carrier proteins.

 

Video

 

Osmosis = the movement of water from high to low concentration of water.

 

Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and osmosis are passive transport because no energy is used to move the substances.

 

 

Cell Membrane Function (continued)

 

2. Active Transport

Active transport requires energy because substances are moving against the concentration gradient from low to high.

 

pumps: some carrier proteins use ATP energy to pump substances against the concentration gradient.

 

Video

 

vesicles: large substances are moved in vesicles.

Endocytosis is bringing large substances into the cell by making a vesicle from the cell membrane.

Exocytosis is moving large substance out of a cell by joining a vesicle to the cell membrane.

 

Video

 

 

3. Communication

Information moves into and out of the cell through the cell membrane.

 

Signals are messages sent between cells. Signals can be chemical or electrical.

Chemical signals can affect one or many cells.

Electrical signals are specific to one cell or group of cells.

 

Receptor proteins receive signals and pass the message through the membrane. Receptor proteins have specific shapes, so they only receive one kind of signal. A cell membrane has 100s or 1000s of different receptors.

 

Response: when a receptor protein gets a signal, it can cause three things to happen to the cell:

  1. permeability change: passive transport proteins can open or close, and active transport proteins can be turned on or off.
  2. enzyme activation: an enzyme can begin to do chemical reactions inside the cell.
  3. second messenger: another chemical signal can change activities in the cytoplasm or the nucleus of the cell.

 

 

Assessments 

 

Lab Report

 

Cell Size Lab 

 

Chapter 8 Quiz 

 

 

 

Test Review

Vocabulary Review

Chapters 7 & 8 Pretest

Pretest Answer Key

 

Chapters 7 & 8 Test