From 2e7758872ae314f9555b1eccaf016a0a156be6d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Chen Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:06:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Unit 2: Biology.md --- Grade 10/Science/SNC2DZ/Unit 2: Biology.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) diff --git a/Grade 10/Science/SNC2DZ/Unit 2: Biology.md b/Grade 10/Science/SNC2DZ/Unit 2: Biology.md index 8275c8e..319b657 100644 --- a/Grade 10/Science/SNC2DZ/Unit 2: Biology.md +++ b/Grade 10/Science/SNC2DZ/Unit 2: Biology.md @@ -147,3 +147,34 @@ A person contains roughly 100 trillion cells - Maintains cell shape and resistance - Plant cells that lack turgor pressure (e.g., celery left in fridge) become flaccid +## Cell division +### Purpose +#### Growth + - Cells have maximum size before transportation of substances within cell becomes inefficient + - Cells transport chemicals (e.g., nutrients) via `diffusion` + +#### Reproduction + - Single-cellular organisms reproduce via division asexually + - Multicellular organisms reproduce via combining two "sex cells" that contain half the DNA each of two organisms + - This is sexual + +#### Repair + - Cells naturally die and need to be replaced + - e.g., red blood cells, hair cells, skin, injuries + +### Cell cycle + - Interphase + - G1 + - S + - G2 + - Mitosis + - Occurs only in eukaryotic cells + - Prophase + - Prometaphase + - Metaphase + - Anaphase + - Telophase + - Cytokinesis + - G0 + - Cell no longer divides + - Outisde of cell cycle \ No newline at end of file