A-Level Biology — Cell Biology
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This free A-Level Biology deck covers A-Level Biology — Cell Biology, tagged for Edexcel. Every question in the deck is listed below — sign in free to flip each card, reveal the answer, and rate your confidence so spaced repetition can schedule your reviews for you.
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- Describe the structure and function of plasmodesmata.
- What is the tonoplast and what is its role?
- State the role of the nucleolus.
- Contrast the functions of the RER and SER.
- Describe the structure and function of the Golgi apparatus.
- State three structural differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
- Describe the basic structure of a virus.
- What is crossing over and when does it occur?
- Explain how independent assortment leads to genetic variation.
- Describe the events of the acrosome reaction.
- What is the cortical reaction and why is it important?
- Distinguish between totipotent and pluripotent stem cells.
- How does cell differentiation occur via gene expression?
- What happens during the S phase of the cell cycle?
- Describe the events of anaphase in mitosis.
- Define the term sex linkage.
- Compare the resolution of light and electron microscopes.
- Why is the cell membrane described as a 'fluid mosaic'?
- Explain how membrane structure allows exocytosis to occur.
- Define the biological term 'tissue'.
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