Lecture 1

Question 1

Tissues

Answer 1

cells that aggregate to form a specific function

Question 2

organ

Answer 2

a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

Question 3

Cells

Answer 3

small, membrane enclosed unit that has the ability to create copies of themselves

Question 4

What are 4 facts about cells

Answer 4

1. they vary in appearance and function
2. living cells all have the same basic chemistry
3. all present day cells have evolved from the same ancestral cell
4. genes provide the information for cell form, function and complex behaviours

Question 5

Name organisms made up of cells that vary in appearance and function

Answer 5

• mammalian neuron
• paramecium

Question 6

cells vary ______________ (function)

Answer 6

physiologically

Question 7

cells vary _____________ (structurally)

Answer 7

morphologically

Question 8

genetic information is carried in form of _________ which are encoded by ______

Answer 8

genes, DNA

Question 9

what is the central dogma of molecular biology

Answer 9

a theory stating genetic information only flows in one direction, from DNA, to RNA to protein