Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can describe the specialized internal regions of a prokaryotic cell, such as the nucleoid and the plasma membrane’s role in respiration, and explain why they are not membrane-bound organelles. (Guide: “Inside a prokaryotic cell”; Practice Q5)
- I can name the structures that prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells share and those only eukaryotes have. (Guide: comparison table; Practice Q1, Q5)
- I can explain how the internal membranes of a eukaryotic cell divide it into regions with specialized jobs. (Guide: “Inside a eukaryotic cell”)
- I can outline the steps by which mitochondria and then chloroplasts arose by endosymbiosis, and explain why plants have both. (Guide: Figure 1)
- I can explain why modern mitochondria and chloroplasts cannot live on their own. (Guide: “Since then: dependence”; Practice Q6)
Calculation and skills
- I can calculate percentage sequence identity and say which organism is the closest relative. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice Q3, Q4)
- I can calculate the percentage of protein synthesis remaining after a drug treatment. (Guide: Worked example 2)
- I can calculate surface area to volume ratios and total membrane area per unit volume for model cells. (Practice Q7)
Reasoning
- I can list at least four independent lines of evidence for endosymbiosis and explain how each supports it. (Guide: “The evidence”; Practice Q2, Q4)
- I can build a claim–evidence–reasoning argument from data on an unfamiliar structure. (Guide: Worked examples 1 and 2; Practice Q4)
- I can describe a result that would weaken the endosymbiosis claim and explain why. (Practice Q4)
- I can evaluate an argument against endosymbiosis by separating an organelle’s origin from its present-day dependence. (Practice Q6)
All ticked? Move on to Topic 3.1, Enzymes, or return to the course roadmap.