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Bozeman Biology: Cell Membranes  \n2. Bozeman Biology: Transport Across Cell Membranes  \n3. Bozeman Biology:  \nCompartmentalization  \n4. Bozeman Biology: Cellular Organelles  \n5. Bozeman Biology: Cell Communication  \n6. Bozeman Biology: Signal Transduction Pathways  \n7. Bozeman Biology: Signal Transmission and Gene Expression  \n8. Bozeman Biology: Effects of Changes in Pathways  \n9. Bozeman Biology: Evolutionary Significance of Cell Communication  \n10. Bozeman Biology: The Cell Cycle, Mitosis, and Meiosis  \nTopic Outline:  \nRelevant Objectives:  \n9. Explain why cells are so small  \n10. Relate surface area to volume ratio to cell size  \n11. Know the organelles ofa cell and their functions  \n12. Explain the fluid-mosaic model ofa cell membrane  \n13. Explain the difference between passive and active transport  \n14. Define hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic  \n15. Make predictions about what will happen to cells in certain solutions due to diffusion  \n16. Explain how cells communicate over long and short distances  \n17. Explain how cells receive signals (2 ways)  \n18. Explain the advantages of signal transduction pathways (2)  \n19. Know the phases ofthe cell cycle  \n20. Know the phases of mitosis in depth  \n21. Explain how cells influence each-other in the cell cycle  \n22. Explain what happens when there is an error in the cell cycle  \n23. Know approximately how long a cell spends in each phase of the cell cycle, and why  \n24. Know the steps of meiosis and what happens in each  \n25. Explain how meiosis reduces the chromosome number by half, and why this is essential to sexual reproduction  \n26. Explain how meiosis produces genetic variability (3 ways)  \n99. Explain how water potential effects the movement of water  \n1. Structure of the Cell Membrane (understand the fluid mosaic model and identify the structure and function of molecules found within it – phospholipids, integral proteins, peripheral proteins, glycolipids, and glycoproteins)  \n2. Semi/Selective Permeability – which molecules can move through the phospholipid bilayer and which molecules must move with the help of a transport protein?  \n3. Passive Transport vs. Active Transport – up vs. down concentration gradient, use of energy?  \n4. Types of Passive Transport  \n􀁸 Simple Diffusion  \n􀁸 Facilitated Diffusion using channel or carrier proteins (what is the difference between these two types transport proteins?)  \n􀁸 Osmosis (hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic)–be able to predict the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane based on solute OR water concentration (Hint: you must know how to analyze a“U-tube” problem) and water potential  \n􀁸 Associated Vocabulary: lysis (animal cells), flaccid (plant cell), plasmolyzed (plant cell), turgid / turgo pressure (plant cell)  \n5. Types of Active Transport  \n􀁸 Protein pumps (know how the sodium (Na+) / potassium (K+) pump works!)  \n􀁸 Co-transport  \n􀁸 Bulk Transport: Exocytosis vs. Endocytosis  \n6. Importance of having a large membrane surface area 􀃆 efficient transport of materials into and out of the cell (Note: this is why cells of the small intestine—an organ used for absorption—have many membrane folds called microvilli or why the mitochondria has many folds)  \n7. Be able to perform cell surface area to volume ratio calculations to compare the efficiency of membrane transport in cells of various shapes and sizes  \n8. The Difference between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells (organelles present, size, organization of DNA, etc.)  \n9. Structures and Functions of Eukaryotic Organelles (make sure you understand how the structure and molecular composition of each cell part gives it its unique functions)  \n􀁸 Nucleus (with nuclear membrane, nuclear pores, nucleolus, and chromatin)  \n􀁸 Ribosomes (free vs. bound…what kinds of proteins does each type create?)  \n􀁸 Endoplasmic Reticulum (smooth vs. rough)  \n􀁸 Golgi A","cbCaijyk8y4bpciq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijyk8y4bpciq","pdf",677769,13,"English","# Topic Outline\n## Relevant Objectives\n## Cell Membrane Structure and Function\n## Transport Across Cell Membranes\n## Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic Cells\n## Eukaryotic Organelles and Functions\n## The Cell Cycle\n## Meiosis","[{\"question\":\"How does the fluid-mosaic model explain the cell membrane’s structure?\",\"answer\":\"The membrane is described as a mosaic of phospholipids and proteins. Specific molecule types (phospholipids, integral and peripheral proteins, glycolipids, and glycoproteins) each support distinct structures and functions.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the difference between passive and active transport?\",\"answer\":\"Passive transport moves materials down the concentration gradient without energy input, while active transport uses energy to move materials against the gradient. The review also distinguishes diffusion types and active mechanisms such as pumps and co-transport.\"},{\"question\":\"How do mitosis and meiosis differ in purpose and outcomes?\",\"answer\":\"Mitosis creates new body (somatic) cells with the same chromosome number, while meiosis reduces chromosome number by half for sexual reproduction. Meiosis also produces genetic variability through multiple mechanisms.\"}]","AP Biology Exam Review - Cell Structure - Communication - Division | PDF",1790769819,33]