Home Assignment # 2- 06.06.2024

Deadline of submission: by 5 pm of 06.14.2024

Questions:

1) Mitochondria and Chloroplasts are important organelles for plants. Answer the following questions about them:

a) What are the functions of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts?

b) Why are these organelles called semiautonomous organelles?

c) What are the origins of these organelles in terms of evolution?

2) Answer the following questions about water and plant:

a) Why is water important for plants and why do plants need excessive water?

b) How is the water transported inside the plants?

c) Why water transport inside the cell membrane is slow? Which kind of membrane protein can facilitate water transport and how?

3) Draw the steps of the cell cycle and describe them.

4) Actin and microtubules show dynamic instability. Explain the concept.

5) Nucleus contain all the genetic information inside DNA. How is the protein synthesized from DNA? Describe it.

Instruction to students:

Answer question 1 and choose another two questions from questions 2-5. Answer them in your own words. Don’t copy and paste from anywhere. Submit the assignment in Microsoft word/pdf format and within the deadline. Late submitting or copied assignments will not be graded. Submit the assignment using I-Assistant.