PART A: Cell Growth and Mitosis
Please go to the following webpage: http://plaza.ufl.edu/alallen/pgl/modules/rio/stingarees/module/index.html
Click on the tab, “Why Must Cells Divide?”
5. Why are cells limited in size? ___________________________________________________________
6. Click on the animation. A cell with 2cm sides has what surface area? ______What volume? _________
7. What would be the surface to volume ratio? _______________________________________________
8. A cell with a large volume will have a more difficult time doing what? __________________________
Click on the tab, “What Does Mitosis Do?”
9. What are the 2 major functions of mitosis? ________________________________________________
Click on the tab, “Built-in Controls in Mitosis”
10. What are the 2 ways that cells “know” to stop dividing? ______________________________________
Please go to the following webpage: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookmito.html
11. What ends the cell division process where one cell splits from the sister cell? _____________________
12. Some cells divide rapidly. Example? ______________
13. Some cells do not divide at all after maturity. Example? _______________________
14. What is the result of binary fission (genetically the same or different)? _________________________
15. What is the genetic relationship between resulting cells in mitosis (genetically the same or different)? _________________________________________________
Please go to the following webpage: http://plaza.ufl.edu/alallen/pgl/modules/rio/stingarees/module/index.html
- What is the function of the cell membrane related cell division? _______________________________
- What is the role of the nucleus in cell division? ______________________________________
- What is the role of the centrioles in cell division? ______________________________________
- What is the role of the microtubules in cell division? ______________________________________
Click on the tab, “Why Must Cells Divide?”
5. Why are cells limited in size? ___________________________________________________________
6. Click on the animation. A cell with 2cm sides has what surface area? ______What volume? _________
7. What would be the surface to volume ratio? _______________________________________________
8. A cell with a large volume will have a more difficult time doing what? __________________________
Click on the tab, “What Does Mitosis Do?”
9. What are the 2 major functions of mitosis? ________________________________________________
Click on the tab, “Built-in Controls in Mitosis”
10. What are the 2 ways that cells “know” to stop dividing? ______________________________________
Please go to the following webpage: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookmito.html
11. What ends the cell division process where one cell splits from the sister cell? _____________________
12. Some cells divide rapidly. Example? ______________
13. Some cells do not divide at all after maturity. Example? _______________________
14. What is the result of binary fission (genetically the same or different)? _________________________
15. What is the genetic relationship between resulting cells in mitosis (genetically the same or different)? _________________________________________________