CH. 4 The Cell In Action
CH. 4 The Cell In Action
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Section 1 Exchange with the Environment
1. Where Do Cells Get the Materials They Need?
Materials move in and out of the cell across the cell membrane.
Water and oxygen can cross the membrane by diffusion
2. What Is Diffusion?
Particles tend to move from places where they are crowded to places where they are less crowded.
High Concentration is where there are a lot of one type of particle
Low Concentration is where there are a few of one type of particle
Diffusion is the movement of these particles from high to low concentration
3. Diffusion Of Water
Water is made of particles called molecules
Pure water has the Highest Concentration of water molecules: 100% of the molecules are only water
If you add something to the pure water (ex. Food coloring) you lower the concentration of water molecules
Osmosis: the diffusion of water molecules across a semi permeable membrane
4. How Do Small Particles Enter and Leave a Cell?
Small particles, such as sugar, can cross the cell membrane through passageways called channels.
Channels are made of proteins
Particles travel through channels either by Passive or Active Transport
Passive Transport: Particles move through the cell membrane without using energy from the cell
Diffusion and Osmosis are examples of Passive Transport
Active Transport: The cell has to use energy to move particles through channels.
Particles usually move from low to high concentration
5. How Do Large Particles Enter and Leave a Cell?
Large particles cannot move across a membrane
They have to move in and out by Endocytosis and Exocytosis using ENERGY!
Endocytosis: happens when a cell surrounds a large particle and encloses it in a vesicle.
The cell comes into contact with a particle
The cell membrane begins to wrap around the particle
Once the particle is completely surrounded, a vesicle pinches off
Exocytosis: happens when a cell uses a vesicle to move a particle from within the cell to outside the cell.
Exocytosis gets rid of waste particles
Large particles that must leave the cell are packaged in vesicles
The vesicle travels to the cell membrane and fuses with it
The cell releases the particle to the outside of the cell
CH. 4 The Cell In Action
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Section 2 Cell Energy
1. How Does A Plant Make Food?
The sun is the major source of energy for life on earth.
Photosynthesis is the process where plants use carbon dioxide, water and the sun's energy to make food (a simple sugar called glucose) and oxygen.
Chlorophyll (found in chloroplasts) is the main pigment used in photosynthesis.
2. How Do Organisms Get Energy From Food?
Both plant and animal cells must break down food molecules to get energy from them.
Two Ways -
Cellular Respiration
Cells use oxygen to break down food
Produces the greatest amount of ATP
Most eukaryotes use this process
Fermentation
Food is broken down without oxygen
3. What Happens During Cellular respiration?
Cellular respiration is different from breathing
A chemical process that happens in cells
In eukaryotic cells it takes place in the mitochondria
During cellular respiration, glucose is broken down into carbon dioxide and water and energy is released
The energy is stored in a molecule called ATP adenosine triphosphate
The Connection Between Photosynthesis And Cellular Respiration
4. How Is fermentation Different From Cellular Respiration?
During fermentation, cells break down glucose without oxygen.
Used by some bacteria and fungi
Other organisms may use fermentation when there is not enough oxygen for cellular respiration
In humans, fermentation creates a byproduct called lactic acid
Lactic acid makes your muscles ache if you exercise too long.
CH. 4 The Cell In Action
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Section 3 The Cell Cycle
1. How Are New Cells Made?
Cell Cycle - the stages cells pass through during their life cycle
The cycle starts when a cell is made and ends when the cell divides to make new cells
Before a cell divides, it makes a copy of its DNA
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that contains all the instructions for making new cells
DNA is stored in a structure called chromosomes
Cells make copies of their chromosomes so that new cells have the same chromosomes as the parent cell
The cell cycle is differs in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
2. How Do Prokaryotic Cells Divide?
Prokaryotes have only one cell with no nucleus or other membrane bound organelles
DNA is found on one circular chromosome
Binary Fission is the process of cell division
During binary fission, the cell splits into two parts
Each part has one copy of the cell's DNA
Example: Bacteria
3. How Do Eukaryotic Cells Divide?
Different kinds of eukaryotes have different numbers of chromosomes
Complex eukaryotes often have fewer chromosomes than simpler eukaryotes
Ex. Potatoes have 48 chromosomes but humans have 46
Homologous chromosomes - Pairs of similar chromosomes
Cell cycle of a eukaryotic cell has three (3) stages:
Interphase
Mitosis
Cytokinesis
Interphase -
First stage of the cell cycle
The cell grows and makes copies of its chromosomes and organelles
Chromatids - the two copies of the chromosomes;
held together at the centromere
Mitosis -
Second stage of the cell cycle
During this stage the chromatids separate allowing each new cell to get a copy of each chromosome
Mitosis happens in four (4) phases -
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokenisis -
Third stage of the cell cycle
The cytoplasm of the cell divides to form two cells (called daughter cells)
The new daughter cells are identical to each other and to the original cell
4. The Cell Cycle
The following figure shows the cell cycle
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