YOU MUST ANSWER ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Compare and contrast active and passive transport. Give examples of each.

2. Describe the movement of water when a cell is placed in a hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic solution. How is this process different in plant in animal cells.

3. Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. What are 3 similarities and 3 differences.

4. Describe the pathway of proteins through the endomembrane system.

5. Describe the function of each of the following organelles:
a) vesicles
b) lysosomes
c) cytoskeleton
d) smooth ER
e) rough ER
f) mitochondria
g) vacuole

6. Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis. Give at least 3 similarities and 3 differences.

7. What causes cancer? How does a tumor form? What does it mean if a tumor has metastasized?

8. Describe the major differences between plant and animal cells.

9. Why are cells so small? Explain how surface area to volume ratios affect cell size.

10. What are the stages of mitosis? Describe what happens in each stage.

11. Describe the structure of the plasma membrane. Why is it said to be selectively permeable?