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Osmosis Jones Worksheet
1. What type of cell is Jones? ________________________________________________________
What is the “gooey, white saccous-membranous” feature that he says is surrounding him?
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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?
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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? __________________________________________________________
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5. What would be the eventual effect on his cells if Frank continues to eat “more sodium” without
drinking some water? Why? ______________________________________________________
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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”? ________________________
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9. Why did removing one base change the DNA molecule so dramatically? ___________________
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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? _________________
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11. What is wrong with presenting the DNA in this way? (Think size, location and
quantity…)____________________________________________________________________
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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 living things 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.)
Key:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
white blood cell, plasma membrane
cytoskeleton
semipermeable membrane
molecules, because all cells are made up of molecules
dehydration, he is creating a hypertonic solution which is drawing the water out of
his cells (bonus: potassium)
6. endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles
7. nitrogenous bases from the DNA of people he’s killed
8. no internal support, like a skeleton
9. bases depend on one another to maintain shape and function, hydrogen bonds
10. all body processes get information from the DNA
11. DNA is in every cell, not just in the brain. It is also small enough to fit inside
cells, not as big as they represented in the movie.
12. Alcohol
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