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Unit 2 — Cells, the Membrane & Transport

Lessons 2.1–2.12: cell theory, prokaryotes vs. eukaryotes, organelles, the cell membrane, passive transport and osmosis, surface area to volume, and active transport.

Organelle bank

Nucleus Nucleolus Rough ER Smooth ER Golgi Apparatus Lysosome Peroxisome Vacuole Mitochondrion Chloroplast Cell Membrane Cell Wall Ribosomes Cytoskeleton

Membrane & transport bank

Fluid mosaicPhospholipid bilayerCholesterolIntegral / peripheral proteinGlycoproteinChannel proteinAquaporinCarrier proteinSimple diffusionFacilitated diffusionOsmosisIsotonicHypertonicHypotonicCytolysisPlasmolysisTurgidSA:V ratioActive transportSymport / antiportNa⁺/K⁺ pumpCotransportExocytosisEndocytosis

Before you answer

  • ✓"Membrane Bound" vs. "Non-Membrane Bound" is the teacher's own grouping — Cell Membrane and Cell Wall are listed under Non-Membrane Bound, which isn't standard textbook logic. Answer the way the notes group it.
  • ✓Chloroplast function is described only as grana/thylakoids increasing surface area for chemical reactions — the word "photosynthesis" never appears in these materials.
  • ✓Mitochondria are described as responsible for "some of the processes that synthesize ATP" (Citric Acid Cycle + oxidative phosphorylation) — not as "the powerhouse of the cell."
  • ✓Cell Clinic question? Match the symptom to the organelle's job: energy/fatigue → mitochondrion, inherited disorder → nucleus, protein shipped out → ribosome → rough ER → Golgi → vesicle, fluid balance → cell membrane, enzyme/breakdown problems → lysosome or Golgi.
  • ✓Passive or active? High → low with no energy = passive (even if a protein helps). Low → high using ATP = active.
  • ✓Tonicity: describe the solution around the cell. Water moves toward the side with more solute.
  • ✓Peripheral proteins: the 2.3 lecture says they are not embedded; the 2.6 worksheet describes them as partly embedded. Ask which the test uses; this site follows the lecture.
  • ✓Cotransport gradient: the 2.11 slide says it's "generated by passive transport"; the 2.12 worksheet credits the Na⁺/K⁺ pump. Ask which wording the test uses.