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| Activity #4: PopBeads
Get a signature from me! Show me how mitosis works using popbeads. Activity #5: Regulation of the cell Read Green text pg. 144-147 Answer questions in complete sentences #1-4. Activity #6: Animal vs. Plant Page 150-152 lab manual There are two distinct differences between the cell division of animal cells and plant cells during cytokinesis. 1) CENTRIOLES a. Explain where they are located/created during interphase b. Explain what centrioles look like 2) CLEAVAGE FURROWING a. Why do animal cells undergo furrowing? b. What does furrowing look like to you? Activity #7: Asexual Reproduction Page 148-150 Green text Answer questions in complete sentences #1-4. Activity # 8: Chromosome Number 1) What is the relationship between chromosomes and DNA? 2) The cells of every organism contain a specific number of chromosomes. How many chromosomes are found in human somatic cells? (page 129 brown text) How many do gorillas have? 3) What does it mean to say that somatic cells in humans are DIPLOIDS? What does it mean to say that germ cells in humans are HAPLOIDS? Activity #9: Introducing Meiosis Please Read Octopus Sex and Other Stories pg. 138-139 brown text. 1) What is meiosis? 2) What would happen if there was no sexual reproduction? 3) What are ALLELES? 4) How does sexual reproduction lead to the variance of organisms (why offspring of organisms are different than the parents)? Activity #10: Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis Take a look at the table page 157 (lab manual) 1) What are the differences between mitosis and meiosis? Please summarize the differences in you own words! |