CHAPTER 3
TARGET
- Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including their complexity and compare and contrast scientific explanations for cellular complexity
- Student will differentiate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes and outline the scientific developments that led to the cell theory.
- Student will discuss the structure and function of a cell membrane.
- Student will describe passive transport and distinguish among osmosis, diffusion, and facilitated diffusion.
CHAPTER 4
TARGET
- Explains how cells use chemical energy to conduct cell processes.
- Provides an overview of photosynthesis.
- Details the light-dependent and light-independent reactions of photosynthesis.
- Provides an overview of cellular respiration.
- Details the processes of cellular respiration and compares photosynthesis and cellular respiration in terms of energy and matter.
CHAPTER 5
TARGET
- Describes the stages of the cell cycle and the factors that affect cell size and the rate at which cells divide.
- Discusses the factors that regulate cell division and differentiation and explains how cancer is related to the cell cycle.
- Describes the structure of chromosomes and provides details about the processes of mitosis and cytokinesis