Combined ScienceCode 5129
Cell structure and function
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Identify the mitochondria, nucleus, cytoplasm and cell membrane found in an animal cell, from diagrams, photomicrographs or electron micrographs.
- Identify the mitochondria, chloroplasts, nucleus, sap vacuole, cytoplasm, cell membrane and cellulose cell wall found in a plant cell, from diagrams, photomicrographs or electron micrographs.
- Describe the functions carried out by the structures mentioned above, in both animal and plant cells.
- Understand that cells may become specialised, with the structures of each one matched to the particular function it carries out, as seen in the examples studied across this subject