(Effective Alternative Secondary Education)

BIOLOGY

MODULE 2

Cell Structure and Function

BUREAU OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

Department of Education
DepED Complex, Meralco Avenue
Pasig City

Module 2
Cell Structure and Function
What this module is about
This module will help you gain knowledge about the cell: the basic unit of life on
earth. Cells are the fundamental units of living organisms. The cell is the key to biology
because it is at this level that life truly springs. As you read this, you will learn more about
the activities of the cell, the structures and the material of life that fills them. Later on, you
will discover what a living material is made of.
This module has the following lessons:
Lesson 1 Cell Theory
Lesson 2 Cell: The Basis of Life
Lesson 3 Cell Types

What you are expected to learn

After going through this module, you are expected to:
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identify the different parts of the cell;

differentiate plant cells from animal cells;
differentiate unicellular organisms from multicellular organisms;
differentiate prokaryotic from eukaryotic cells;
state the cell theory;
appreciate the cell as a highly organized structure.

How to learn from this module

I know you are excited to start this adventure just as I am but remember to do the
following tips to successfully achieve the objectives of this self-learning kit.
1. Read the instructions carefully.
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Follow the instructions carefully.

Answer the pretest before you start the lesson.
Take note and record points for clarifications.
Try to achieve at least a 75% level of proficiency in the tests.
Work diligently and honestly.
Answer the posttest.

What to do before (Pretest)

To start off, you have to answer the pre-test
for you to measure how much you know about
the topic. You can start now.

1. Where is the site of protein synthesis?

a. nucleus
b. lysosome

There are 20 questions. Each question

has ONLY ONE CORRECT ANSWER.
Choose the one you believe to be best.

Each question is worth 2 points.

Read each question fully and carefully.

Take your time.

GOOD LUCK!
c. ribosome
d. mitochondria

2. Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called

a. plants
c. eukaryotes
b. organelles
d. prokaryotes
3. What type of cell has these characteristics: contains DNA but no nucleus, contains
flagella, ribosomes, cytoplasm, and a cell membrane.
a. plant
c. animal
b. fungi
d. bacteria
4. A cell with relatively few energy needs will probably have a relatively small number of
a. ribosomes
c. mitochondria
b. lysosomes
d. chromosomes

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5. In which of the following items would you expect to find cells?

a. strawberry
c. silver dollar
b. eyeglasses
d. plastic flower
6. Which of the following organelles transports materials inside the cell
a. lysosome
c. mitochondria
b. chloroplast
d. endoplasmic reticulum
7. Which of the following structures are common to both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
a. nucleus
c. both b and c
b. ribosomes
d. cell membrane
8. Which of the following forms of life is not eukaryotic?
a. a bacterial cell
c. a plant cell like gumamela
b. protist such as an amoeba
d. a human cell such as a red blood cell
9. Plant cells often have a box-like shape because of the
a. nucleus
c. cytoplasm
b. cell wall
d. cell membrane
10. Which organelle has no membrane?
a. vacuole
b. lysosome

c. ribosome
d. chloroplast

11. Which of the following statements is always true?

a. All cells have a cell wall.
c. All cells contain a chloroplast.
b. All cells contain a nucleus.
d. All cells have a cell membrane.
12. A cell is observed to contain a nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts.
information you can conclude that the cell is:
a. a plant cell
c. a bacterial cell
b. an animal cell
d. a prokaryotic cell
13. Which of the following is found in the nucleus?
a. vacuoles
c. mitochondria
b. chloroplasts
d. chromosomes
14. Digestive enzymes or hydrolytic enzymes are terms associated with
a. ribosomes
c. golgi apparatus
b. lysosomes
d. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
15. What site regulates what goes in and out of the cell?
a. cell wall
c. cell membrane
b. vacuole
d. nuclear membrane

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From this

16. The site of ATP production and the site of photosynthesis are the _______________ and
_________________.
a. ribosomes and vacuoles
c. mitochondria and chloroplast
b. chloroplast and lysosome
d. Golgi complex and chloroplast
17. Which is the brain of the cell?
a. nucleus
b. chloroplast

c. golgi bodies
d. mitochondria

18. A cell that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles is known as a(an)
______________ cell.
a. plant
c. eukaryote
b. animal
d. prokaryote
19. What is the outermost boundary of an animal cell?
a. the cell wall
c. the cell membrane
b. the cytoplasm
d. the nuclear envelope
20. Which of the following is not true of chloroplasts?
a. They synthesize sugar
b. They contain pigments
c. They are only found in plants
d. They appear green because of the chlorophyll
Got a perfect score? Check it out!
Key to answers on page 21.

Lesson 1. Cell Theory

The CELL THEORY, or cell doctrine, states that all organisms are composed of
similar units of organization, called cells. The concept was formally articulated in 1839 by
Schleiden & Schwann and has remained as the foundation of modern biology. The idea
predates other great paradigms of biology including Darwin's theory of evolution (1859),
Mendel's laws of inheritance (1865), and the establishment of comparative biochemistry
(1940).
Ultrastructural research and modern molecular biology have added many tenets to the
cell theory, but it remains as the preeminent theory of biology. The Cell Theory is to Biology
as the Atomic Theory is to Physics.

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Figure 1.1 Red blood cells

Source: fig.cox.Miami.edu/~cmallery/150/unity/cell.text.htm

Formulation of the Cell Theory

In 1838, Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden were enjoying after-dinner coffee
and talking about their studies on cells. It has been suggested that when Schwann heard
Schleiden describe plant cells with nuclei, he was struck by the similarity of these plant cells
to cells he had observed in animal tissues. The two scientists went immediately to
Schwann's lab to look at his slides. Schwann published his book on animal and plant cells
(Schwann 1839) the next year, a treatise lacking of acknowledgments of anyone else's
contribution, including that of Schleiden (1838). He summarized his observations into three
conclusions about cells:
1. The cell is the unit of structure, physiology, and organization in living things.
2. The cell retains a dual existence as a distinct entity and a building block in the
construction of organisms.
3. Cells form by free-cell formation, similar to the formation of crystals (spontaneous
generation).
We know today that the first two principles are correct, but the third is clearly wrong.
The correct interpretation of cell formation by division was finally promoted by others and
formally announced in Rudolph Virchow's powerful statement, "Omnis cellula e cellula"...
"All cells only arise from pre-existing cells".
The modern principles of the Cell Theory include the following:
1. All known living things are made up of cells.
2. The cell is the structural and functional unit of all living things.
3. All cells come from pre-existing cells by division. (Spontaneous generation does
not occur).
4. Cells contain hereditary information which is passed from cell to cell during cell
division.
5. All cells are basically the same in chemical composition.
6. All energy flow (metabolism and biochemistry) of life occurs within cells.

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Figure 1.2 Plant cells

Source: fig.cox.Miami.edu/~cmallery/150/unity/cell.text.htm

Landmarks in the Study of Cell Biology

1595

Jansen credited with first compound microscope

1626

Redi postulated that living things do not arise from spontaneous generation.

1655

Hooke described 'cells' in cork.

1674

Leeuwenhoek discovered protozoa. He saw bacteria some 9 years later.

1833

Brown descibed the cell nucleus in cells of the orchid.

1838

Schleiden and Schwann proposed cell theory.

1840

Albrecht von Roelliker realized that sperm cells and egg cells are also cells.

1856

N. Pringsheim observed how a sperm cell penetrated an egg cell.

1858

Rudolf Virchow (physician, pathologist and anthropologist) expounds his

famous conclusion: omnis cellula e cellula, that is cells develop only from
existing cells [cells come from preexisting cells]

1857

Kolliker described mitochondria.

1869

Miescher isolated DNA for the first time.

1879

Flemming described chromosome behavior during mitosis.

1883

Germ cells are haploid, chromosome theory of heredity.

1898

Golgi described the golgi apparatus.

1926

Svedberg developed the first analytical ultracentrifuge.

1938

Behrens used differential centrifugation to separate nuclei from cytoplasm.

1939

Siemens produced the first commercial transmission electron microscope.

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1941

Coons used fluorescent labeled antibodies to detect cellular antigens.

1952

Gey and co-workers established a continuous human cell line.

1953

Crick, Wilkins and Watson proposed structure of DNA double-helix.

1955

Eagle systematically defined the nutritional needs of animal cells in culture.

1957

Meselson, Stahl and Vinograd developed density gradient centrifugation in

cesium chloride solutions for separating nucleic acids.

1965

Ham introduced a defined serum-free medium.

Cambridge Instruments
produced the first commercial scanning electron microscope.

1976

Sato and colleagues publish papers showing that different cell lines require
different mixtures of hormones and growth factors in serum-free media.

1981

Transgenic mice and fruit flies are produced. Mouse embryonic stem cell line
established.

1987

Creation of first knockout mouse which contains an artificially introduced

mutation in their cells.

1998

Mice are cloned from somatic cells.

2000

Human genome DNA sequence draft

Figure 1.3 Cork cells and the early microscope

Source: fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/unity/cell.text.htm

Prior to 1931 when the first electron microscope was developed, magnification of
microscopes was limited to about 2 000 times. The small cell structures did not show up
well or remained invisible. The electron microscope not only showed more detail of
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previously known parts of the cell but also revealed new parts. Cells and cell structures can
now be examined at magnifications of up to 500 000 times and more.

What you will do

Activity 1.1

The Street Sweepers

The air we breathe is filled with dust, smoke, and even
small bacteria.
How come all these materials do not
accumulate in the lungs and clog their passageways?
Key to answers on page 21.

What you will do

Self-Test 1.1

Answer the following questions briefly.

1. What contributions did van Leeuwenhoek, Hooke, Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow
make to the development of the cell theory?
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______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. What role did the invention of the microscope play in the development of the cell theory?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Key to answers on page 21.

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Lesson 2. Cell: The Basis of Life

Have you tried to look closely at something? You may have picked up a coin and
looked closely at its surface. You may also have examined the face of a stamp or looked at
a blade of grass.
Such curiosity led early investigators to examine living things in the hope of getting a
better view of their structure. Little by little, they discovered that all living things are made of
cells. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things. All organisms such
as the birds you watch, the cork trees and so on are made of living cells.

Figure 2.1 Living things

Source: www.goofyanimals.com/pictures

FIND OUT!
Break a chicken egg into a dish, and look at the yolk.
How large do you think is it?
Estimate its width. Then use a metric ruler to measure
the width of your chicken yolk cell.
With a hand lens, observe the yolk closely. Other cells
that can be seen easily are large fish eggs.
Most cells are too small to be seen without the help of a microscope. Luckily, there are a
few cells that can be seen with your naked eyes.
Cells Have Structures
Imagine that you could become smaller, down to the size of one micron (1 micron =
1/1000 inch). Your whole body would be smaller than the typical animal cell (see figure
2.2). Imagine, that you could step inside this cell and explore it. Find out some structures
inside a cell. Be able to explore how bacterial cells are different from other cells such as
plant and animal cells.

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cytoplasm

Figure 2.2 An animal cell

Source: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/animcell.htm

While cells differ in size and shape, most of them have common structures. The cells
of animals, plants, and related organisms have three basic structures:

Cell membrane the outer boundary of the cell.

Nucleus the control center of the cell.
Cytoplasm the material between the cell membrane and the nucleus.

The first thing you see as you approach this cell is a thin sac-like membrane. The
cell membrane covers the entire surface of the cell. As you take the imaginary step through
the cell membrane, you immediately come in contact with the cytoplasm. Moving through
the cytoplasm would be like moving through a jar of jelly.

What you will do

Activity 2.1

Construct This
MINI-Lab (What a cytoplasm is like)
Make a model of cytoplasm. Fill a jar/wide-mouthed
bottle with water. Add unflavored gulaman and stir. Shine a
flashlight through the beaker. What do you see? How does a
model cell help you understand what a real one is like?
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A large, round nucleus is found somewhere in the cytoplasm. As the control center
of the cell, the nucleus contains coded instructions for all of the cells activities. These
coded instructions are stored on special structures called the chromosomes.
Chromosomes are seen when a cell is reproducing.
Just as the cell membrane covers the cell, a nuclear membrane covers the nucleus
of the cell. It regulates the passage of materials in and out of the nucleus.
Cytoplasmic Structures
As you walk through the cytoplasm, you might bump into sausage-shaped bodies
called mitochondria. They are commonly called the power houses of the cell. They trap
the energy that results when food is broken down. Just as a power plant supplies energy to
a business, mitochondria provide energy for the cell. Some types of cells are more active
than others, thats why they can have more mitochondria.
Analyze This
Why might a muscle cell have more
mitochondria than other cells?
Muscle cells are always undergoing some type of movement. Muscles are also the ones
exposed to strenuous activities like doing some household chores, running, walking, etc.
Ever since you entered the cell, you have been walking on a network of canals called
the endoplasmic reticulum. The endoplasmic reticulum extends from the nucleus to the
cell membrane and takes up quite a lot of space in some cells. It moves material from one
place to another place inside the cell.
Ribosomes are the tiny dots you see on the edges of some of the endoplasmic
reticulum. Some cells may contain millions of ribosomes. The actual building blocks of the
cell (proteins) are made on the surfaces of these very tiny structures.
In a manufacturing business, products are made, packaged, and moved to loading
centers to be carried away. Structures called golgi bodies are the packaging and releasing
structures of the cell. When something is released, it is given off by the cell.
Applying a Concept
An animal cell contains about 10 to 20 golgi bodies,
while a plant cell contains several hundreds. Why do you think
there is such a difference in the number of these structures in
each cell type?

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Compare your answer to this: The fact that plants produce so many materials (food, oils,
resins, etc.), they will be in need of more golgi bodies to store the said materials.
Do you know that cells also produce wastes? In the cytoplasm, structures called
lysosomes contain chemicals that digest wastes and worn-out/damaged cell parts. When a
cell dies, chemicals in the lysosomes act to quickly break down the cell. In a healthy cell, the
membrane around the lysosome keeps it from breaking down the cell itself. Plant cells do
not have lysosomes.
Many businesses have warehouses for storing products until they are sold.
Vacuoles are storage areas in cells. They may store water, food, or waste products. In
plant cells, vacuoles are big. In animal cells, vacuoles are small. Why do you think so?
Feedback: Plants are said to be the producers of food in the environment. They may
produce sugar, oil, nectar, etc. They are in need of bigger vacuoles to store such materials.
You have just looked at the inner workings of an animal cell. Imagine now that you
are taking a microscopic tour through the green plant cell below. You will find that some
structures in this cell are quite different from the structures in an animal cell. Take note of
them.

Figure 2.3 A plant cell

Source: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/plantcell.htm

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The outer covering of the plant cell is not soft and thin. Instead, it is surrounded by a
rigid/tough structure called the cell wall that supports and protects the plant cell.
Once you pass through the cell wall, you see the same structures you saw in the
animal cell.
Hold on! Something new appears. The dark green bodies you see around you are
chloroplasts. Substances inside the chloroplast help a green plant cell trap the suns
energy and then produce food.
Imagine you could take a trip into a tiny bacterial cell. Bacteria and blue-bacteria are
quite different from other cells. They have fewer structures than plant or animal cells.
However, they carry out all of the life processes that other cells carry out. You can see that
a bacterium has a cell wall, a cell membrane, and cytoplasm. The chromosome material
(nucleoid), which directs the cells activities, floats freely through the cytoplasm. The other
structures are lacking.

Figure 2.4 A bacterial cell

Source: http//www.cellsalive.com/cells/bactcell.htm

Remember
Cells need water to maintain health. Turning off the
faucet every time you brush your teeth can conserve as much
as five gallons of water. It will surely benefit a living organism
somewhere!

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What you will do

Activity 2.2

Challenge
Make your own model of a cell at home. Prepare a
small package of gulaman and pour it into a dish. Put common
foods in the gelatin to represent cell structures. You could use
lettuce or shredded carrots for endoplasmic reticulum and
raisins for mitochondria. Be creative! Unmold your cell. And
serve it to your family for salad or dessert.

What you will do

Self-Test 2.1

Let us see how well you can make a summary of what you know about the cell.
Below is a table that lists the names of the cell structure(s). Now, compare animal, plant
and bacterial cells by putting a (/) if the structure is present and an (X) if the structure is
absent under each column.
Structures
1. Cell wall
2. Cell membrane
3. Cytoplasm
4. Mitochondria
5. Ribosomes
6. Endoplasmic
reticulum
7. Golgi bodies
8. Lysosomes
9. Vacuoles
10. Chloroplasts
11. Nucleus
12. Chromosomes

Animal cell

Plant cell

Bacterial cell

Key to answers on page 22.

Perfect?! If yes, fantastic! If not, just try and try again. Remember, no pain, no gain.

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What you will do

Self-Test 2.2

A Tale of a Tail
Mrs. Gonzales' class studied the parts of plant and animal cells. The class captured
tiny tadpoles in a local stream. Mrs. Gonzales showed the students how to care for the
tadpoles in the classroom. Gradually, as the animals grew, the bodies were changing in
shape. Back and front legs grew out. The mouth expanded from a small hole to a large
opening capable of swallowing large insects. In addition, the tails started to disappear. Mrs.
Gonzales told the whole class that there would be a bonus question about the tadpoles in
the test on animals. For a study clue, she told them to review their notes on cells. What do
changes in the body parts of the tadpoles have to do with cells?
Think critically: Answer the bonus question:
What cell part makes the tadpole tails disappear? How?

Figure 2.5 Tadpoles

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/tadpole

Key to answers on page 22.

Ooops! Take a deep breath. Relax for a while. What?! You want to move on? All right,
your wish is granted! You may continue. Are you enjoying the module? I hope so. If yes,
well and good! Hold on! We will now take the path to the next lesson. Keep on having fun
as you learn!

Lesson 3. Cell Types

Cells Vary in Shape, Size, and Arrangement

Just as there is variety among organisms, there is also variety among cells. Your own
body contains over a hundred different kinds of cells. Some of these cells are round.
Others are shaped like long, tangled strings.
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Cells vary greatly in size, too. The bacteria that naturally live deep inside your body are
very tiny. The ostrich egg cell below is 800,000 times bigger than the bacterial cells.

Ostrich egg cell

The living arrangement of cells also varies. The bacteria and other cells you might find
in a drop of pond water live by themselves. These cells are one-celled organisms.
You, your classmates, the cork trees and a variety of other organisms are many-celled
organisms.

Now that weve learned all about cells and their contents, its time to learn how cells
are categorized. The first grouping is Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. These are hard to
pronounce Latin words, but their meanings are simple. Prokaryote refers to bacterial cells.
Eukaryote refers to everything else. So, streptomyocin bacteria are prokaryote cells.
Animals, plants and fungi (mushrooms) are made of eukaryote cells.

Figure 3.1 Eukaryotic organisms

Source: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~lruppi/project1index.shtml

What are the differences between these cell types? A major difference between the
two is the presence of membrane-bound organelles. Inside these cells we get things like
mitochondria, golgi bodies, a nucleus, etc. They are clearly defined because they have
internal membranes around them. The membranes hold them together. Prokaryote lacks
these membranes, so consequently they dont have these organelles. Instead of a clearly
defined nucleus with chromosomes, they have a single, circular piece of DNA. Thus,
prokaryotes are simple and smaller than eukaryotes.
What do they have in common? Well, while the prokaryotes do not have internal
membranes, they do have a cell membrane just like the eukaryotes. They are also filled
with cytoplasm. Finally, they have organelles which do not require membranes, (e.g.
ribosomes).
Imagine you could take a trip into a tiny bacterial cell. Bacteria and blue-bacteria are
quite different from other cells. They have fewer structures than plant or animal cells.
However, they carry out all of the life processes that other cells carry out. You can see that
a bacteria has a cell wall, a cell membrane, and cytoplasm. The chromosome material,
which directs the cells activities, floats freely through the cytoplasm. The other structures
are lacking.
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A single-celled bacteria:
E. coli

The one-celled organism

Amoeba proteus

A human red blood cell

Figure 3.2 Some cell types.

Source: http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/13-cell.htm

The second cell grouping is Plants versus Animal cells. Both of these cell types are
eukaryotes. This means they have a lot of organelles in common. One organelle they dont
have in common is chloroplasts, which only plants have. Another organelle difference is the
vacuoles. In animal cells the vacuoles are small and plenty. In the plant cells, there is a
large central vacuole that occupies over 50% of the plant cells volume. This vacuole is
filled with water and nutrients under pressure. The pressure helps maintain the plant cells
rigid shape.
The rigid shape results in plant cells looking rectangular as compared to the roundlike animal cells. While both cell types have cell membranes, the plant cells rigidity is
further maintained by an additional cell wall outside the membrane.

What you will do

Activity 3.1

Read, Think and Write

One day one-celled organisms got
tired of being called simple
organisms by the many-celled
organisms.
The one-celled
organisms felt that they were rather
complex individuals and should be
recognized as such. In order to
gain
this
recognition,
they
challenged
the
many-celled
organisms to a debate. Pretend
that you are a one-celled organism.
What arguments would you use to
defend your position? Write them
down.

Blah! Blah!
Blah! Blah!

Blah! Blah!
Blah! Blah!

Key to answers on page 22.

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What you will do

Self-Test 3.1

Answer the following questions:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Chloroplasts are found in which type of cell?

What do you call the broad group of cells that lack membrane bounded organelles?
What type of cell (prokaryote or eukaryote) has DNA that floats freely in the cell?
Mushroom is a unicellular organism. (True or false)
Human is a multicellular organism. (True or false)
Key to answers on page 22.

Lets Summarize
1. Cells are amazing, variable, beautiful, and functionally superb. A concept of
genius, they work alone or in groups with equal ease.
2. Cells are the basic units of life. All living things are made up of one or more
cells. Organisms that exist as single cells are called unicellular and organisms
that are made up of groups of cells working together are called multicellular.
3. Because all living things are made up of cells, and because we desire to
understand ourselves and the other living things around us it makes sense to
learn something about cells.
4. All living things are divided into two major groups depending on how their cells are
set up. These two groups are the Prokaryotes and the Eukaryotes.
5. The basic structure of plant and animal cell is almost the same except for certain
differences. The basic structure of a cell is composed of the following
components.
a. Cell Membrane
b. Cytoplasm
c. Nucleus
However in plants, a rigid "Cell wall" is present outside the cell membrane or
plasma membrane.
6. Cell Theory: All living things are composed of cells. Cells are the basic units of
structure and function in living things. All cells come from preexisting cells.

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Whew! At last! You have finished studying the module. But, before you completely
exit from this module, let us find out how much you learned from this material.

Posttest
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following is NOT true of chloroplasts?
a. They synthesize sugar
b. They contain pigments
c. They are only found in plants
d. They appear green because of the chlorophyll
2. Which of the following organelles transports materials inside the cell
a. lysosome
c. mitochondria
b. chloroplast
d. endoplasmic reticulum
3. Which of the following is found in the nucleus?
a. vacuoles
c. mitochondria
b. chloroplasts
d. chromosomes
4. What type of cell has these characteristics: contains DNA but no nucleus, contains
flagella, ribosomes, cytoplasm, and a cell membrane.
a. plant
c. animal
b. fungi
d. bacteria
5. What site regulates what goes in and out of the cell?
a. cell wall
c. cell membrane
b. vacuole
d. nuclear membrane
6. Digestive enzymes or hydrolytic enzymes are terms associated with
a. ribosomes
c. golgi apparatus
b. lysosomes
d. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
7. In which of the following items would you expect to find cells?
a. strawberry
c. silver dollar
b. eyeglasses
d. plastic flower
8. Where is the site of protein synthesis?
a. nucleus
b. lysosome

c. ribosome
d. mitochondria

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9. A cell with relatively few energy needs will probably have a relatively small number of
a. ribosomes
c. mitochondria
b. lysosomes
d. chromosomes
10. Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called
a. plants
c. eukaryotes
b. organelles
d. prokaryotes
11. Which of the following structures are common to both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
a. nucleus
c. both b and c
b. ribosomes
12. A cell is observed to contain a nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts.
information you can conclude that the cell is:
a. a plant cell
c. a bacterial cell
b. an animal cell
d. a prokaryotic cell

From this

13. Which of the following statements is always true?

a. All cells have a cell wall.
c. All cells contain a chloroplast.
b. All cells contain a nucleus.
d. All cells have a cell membrane.
14. Plant cells often have a box-like shape because of the
a. nucleus
c. cytoplasm
b. cell wall
d. cell membrane
15. Which is the brain of the cell?
a. nucleus
b. chloroplast

c. golgi bodies
d. mitochondria

16. The site of ATP production and the site of photosynthesis are the _______________ and
_________________.
a. ribosomes and vacuoles
c. mitochondria and chloroplast
b. chloroplast and lysosome
d. Golgi complex and chloroplast
17. Which of the following forms of life is NOT eukaryotic?
a. a bacterial cell
c. a plant cell like gumamela
b. protist such as an amoeba
d. a human cell such as a red blood cell
18. A cell that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles is known as a(an)
______________ cell.
a. plant
c. eukaryote
b. animal
d. prokaryote
19. Which organelle has no membrane?
a. vacuole
b. lysosome

c. ribosome
d. chloroplast

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20. What is the outermost boundary of an animal cell?

a. the cell wall
c. the cell membrane
b. the cytoplasm
d. the nuclear envelope
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Key to Answers
Pretest
1. c
2. d
3. d
4. c
5. a

6. d
7. b
8. a
9. b
10. c

11. d
12. a
13. d
14. b
15. c

16. c
17. a
18. d
19. c
20. c

Lesson 1
Activity 1.1
The Street Sweepers
Lining the passageways are special cells that release a mixture of water,
carbohydrates, and salts, called mucus. The particles of dust and dirt that are
inhaled are trapped in this sticky mucus. Underneath this layer of mucus is another
group of specialized cells that have cilia. As the cilia move, they create a sweeping
action. This action keeps the most vital passageways in the body clean and open for
business.
Self-Test 1.1
1. Leeuwenhoek: discovered protozoa
Hooke: described cells in cork
Schleiden & Schwann: proposed cell theory
Virchow: concluded that cells come from preexisting cells
2. The microscope opened up the world of the very small to biologists. It enabled
scientists to discover that all living things are made up of cells.

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Lesson 2
Self-Test 2.1

Structures
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Ribosomes
Endoplasmic
reticulum
7. Golgi bodies
8. Lysosomes
9. Vacuoles
10. Chloroplasts
11. Nucleus
12. Chromosomes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Cell Structures: A Summary

Animal cell
Plant cell
X
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/

Bacterial cell
/
/
/
X
/

/
/
/
X
/
/

/
X
/
/
/
/

X
X
X
X
X
/

Self-Test 2.2
The body parts of the tadpoles change in response to the activity of the cells which is
cell division. When cells divide, their number increases. Growth results when cells
increase in number.
The tails of the tadpole disappear due to the lysosomal activity. The lysosome, if you
will recall, contains powerful chemicals which are used to digest or breakdown
materials

Lesson 3
Activity 3.1
Feedback: One-celled organisms may have fewer or different structures from plant
or animal cells. However, they carry out all of the life processes (reproduction,
digestion, excretion, respiration, etc.) that other cells carry out.
Self-Test 3.1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

plant
prokaryote
prokaryote
false
true

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Posttest
1. c
2. d
3. d
4. b
5. c

6. b
7. a
8. c
9. c
10. d

11. b
12. a
13. d
14. b
15. a

16. c
17. a
18. d
19. c
20. c

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