National 5 Biology Guide
What is a plasmid and why is it important to humans? ️️Plasmids are small rings of DNA found in a
bacterial cells that humans can alter in a process called genetic engineering
What is the cytoplasm? ️️A jelly-like structure in which chemical reactions take pla...
What is a plasmid and why is it important to humans? ✔️✔️Plasmids are small rings of DNA found in a
bacterial cells that humans can alter in a process called genetic engineering
What is the cytoplasm? ✔️✔️A jelly-like structure in which chemical reactions take place
What is different about the location of DNA in a bacterium compared to a plant cell? ✔️✔️In a
bacterium cell the DNA is found within the chromosomal material in the cytoplasm
In a plant cell the DNA is found in the nucleus
What is the difference between a plant cell wall and a bacterial cell wall? ✔️✔️Plant cell wall is made
of a carbohydrate called cellulose.
Bacterial cell wall is made of another carbohydrate called peticloglycan
What is a plasmid? ✔️✔️A structure found in a bacterium
Why is difficult to tell whether euglena is a plant or an animal? ✔️✔️It has a flagellum (tail) which
makes it more animal like and it has chloroplasts which make it more plant like.
What are four different types of cell? ✔️✔️Plant, animal, fungi and bacterial
Name a unicellular organism ✔️✔️fungus, bacterium such as yeast
What is the detail of the organelles inside living cells known as? ✔️✔️ultrastructure
What organelles are found in both plant and animal cells? ✔️✔️nucleus
mitochondria
ribosome
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