| Topic | Key Questions | Your Summary |
| Cell Theory | Re-state the cell theory | Cells are the basic unit of life. All lliving things are mad of cells. Cells originate from pre-existing cells. |
| Organisation of living things | Define Prokaryote | A kingdom of unicellular organisms from prokaryotic cells. |
| Define Eukaryote | A kingdom of unicellular and multicellular organisms from eukaryotic cells. | |
| Compare Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes (similarities) | They have a cell membrane and other organelles. | |
| Contrast Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes (differences) | Prokaryotes have no membrane bound organelles or nucleus. | |
| Plant cells | Identify the organelles that are exclusive to plants | Chloroplast, cell wall, large central vacuole. |
| Explain the importance of the cell wall and vacuoles in plant cells. | Cell wall maintains cell structure. The vacuole is big for storing nutrients and waste of the cell. | |
| Organelles (Define the role of the following organelles) | nucleus | Contains the DNA and nucleolus. |
| cytoplasm | Is everything inside the cell membrane and outside of the nucleus. | |
| cytoskeleton | Protein filaments that give the cell structure. | |
| ribosomes | Little producers of protein, for translation. | |
| Endoplasmic reticulum | Rough ER is a place for ribosomes to produce proteins, smooth ER can exprtess lipids. | |
| Golgi apparatus | Transports things using vesicles. | |
| mitochondrion | Use in cellular respiration to produce ATP. | |
| Chloroplasts | Photosynthesis, making glucose. | |
| Lysosomes | Break down waste things. | |
| Cilia & flagella | Movement of cell or functional uses. | |
| Centrioles | For cell division. | |
| vacuoles | Storage for nutrients and waste. | |
| Plant and Animal cells | Explain why animal cells to not contain chloroplasts | No need for photosynthesis. |
| Explain why plant cells have mitochondria if they have chloroplasts | Mitochondria breaks glucose into usable energy. | |
| Microscopes | Describe the work of the light microscope, including the magnification | It shines a light beneath the thing, using lens to magnify. |
| Describe the work of the electron microscope, including the magnification | Electrons are shot towards the thing, to generate computer imagery of seeing things. | |
| Contrast the work of the TEM and SEM | TEM has much higher magnification and resolution. SEM creates an image by detecting reflected or knocked-off electrons, In TEM, the electrons that are passing through the sample before they are collected. |