Endosymbiotic Organelles
This series of questions will help learners to evaluate their understanding of specialized organelles involved in the capture and use of energy. Learners will do this by exploring evidence for common ancestry demonstrated among organelles through the endosymbiosis theory. Furthermore, this question set also explores the relationship between surface-area-to-volume ratios and cell size.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- cell size
- transport efficiency
- surface area
- volume
- ratio
- surface-area-to-volume ratio
- molecular interactions
- endosymbiosis theory
- endosymbiont
- endosymbiotic theory
- ribosomes
- DNA
- genetic material
- double membrane
- outer membrane
- inner membrane
- mitochondria
- chloroplast
- ATP
- cellular respiration
- membrane folds
- electron transport chain
- ATP synthesis
- ATP synthase
- hydrogen proton
- proton gradient
- thylakoid membrane
- NADPH
- sugar
- electrochemical gradient
- photosynthetic membrane
- chemiosmosis