Name______________________________________________ Date_________ Block_____ Osmosis Jones Worksheet 1. What type of cell is Jones? ________________________________________________________ What is the “gooey, white saccous-membranous” feature that he says is surrounding him? ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Notice that all of the cars in Frank run on little moving feet. To what system of the cell do these projections belong? _____________________________________________________________ 3. When Jones moves through a wall in his attempt to catch the virus that escaped in the patrol car, he passes through a crack to get to the other side. What kind of membrane would this wall be considered if it only lets certain things (like Jones) through? ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. When Thrax burns a cell, you see structures floating away that look like ball-and-stick models that you may use in chemistry class. What do these structures represent and why are they seen when the cells burn up? __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What would be the eventual effect on his cells if Frank continues to eat “more sodium” without drinking some water? Why? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Bonus: What trace element does he really need to avoid muscle cramps? ___________________ 6. What organelle are the vehicles traveling on? _________________________________________ What organelle would the vehicles be? ______________________________________________ 7. What are the beads that Thrax has on his chain? _______________________________________ 8. What might Jones look like if Drix hadn’t “saved his cytoplasm”? ________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why did removing one base change the DNA molecule so dramatically? ___________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What type of bonds were being disrupted to cause this damage? __________________________ 10. Why did the entire body respond to the changes that occurred to the DNA? _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is wrong with presenting the DNA in this way? (Think size, location and quantity…)____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 12. What substance did Thrax fall into that killed him? ____________________________________ 13. In the hierarchy of life listed below, there are characters of structures from the move that represent different levels of life. Match each level to the character that represents it. _____ Structures that floated away when a character was killed by Thrax A. biosphere B. cell _____ Jones’ nucleus C. community _____ Osmosis Jones D. ecosystem _____ Walls (like the one Jones passed through) E. molecule _____ Buildings (like Cerebellum Hall) F. organ _____ Frank G. organelle _____ Frank and Shane H. organism _____ All of the people living in Frank’s town I. population _____ Baltimore J. tissue _____ Earth Bonus: Do some research to find out what type of virus Thrax is. (Hint: Recall what he is known by in the virus community.)
