6th-LS-Unit 1.2-Structure of Life

6th-LS-Unit 1.2-Structure of Life

Hotspot

Which cell is eukaryotic?

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Label the different parts of this plant cell.

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Chloroplast

Cell wall

Mitochondrion

Nucleus

Vacuole

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Label the parts of this animal cell.

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Cell Membrane

Nucleus

Mitrochondrion

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Poll

Do you have someone in your life who is currently or has battled cancer?

• Yes I do.

• No I don't.

Open Ended

To the best of your ability, please tell me what causes cancer.

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Which cells are healthy and which are cancerous?

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Healthy Cells

Cancerous Cells

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	Normal Cells	Cancerous Cells
Growth	Stop when there's enough	Uncontrolled growth
Communication	Respond to signals from other cells	Do not respond to signals from other cells
Cell repair/death	Aged/damaged cells are repaired or replaced	Cells are neither repaired nor replaced
Stickiness/spread	Stay together inthe assigned area	Can travel solo and throughout the body
Appearance	Uniform look under a microscope	Varied sizes, larger and darker centers under a microscope
Maturation	Reach maturity	Do not reach maturity
Evasion ofthe immune system	Can be targeted and eliminated	Can "hide" and grow uninterrupted
Function	Perform designated tasks	Fail to perform designated tasks
Blood supply	Blood vessels grow to feed normal growth and aid in repairs	Blood vessels grow regardless, constantly "feeding" a tumor

Open Ended

What does this phenomenon make you wonder or want to learn?