Unit 2: Cells Essential Questions Grading Rubric
1. How does structure relate to function at a cellular level?
______ A. Student should define cell specialization (differentiation) (2 pt.)
______ B. Student should give an example from an animal and plant cell of a
structure that is crucial to the function of that cell. (6 pts total)
______ 1. Example from an animal cell (2 pt)
______ 2. Example from an animal cell (2 pt)
______ 3. Example from a plant cell (2 pt)
Unit 2: Cells Essential Questions Grading Rubric
3.
Is it advantageous to be a multicellular organism?
________A. Student should define multicellular organism versus unicellular
organism. (4 pt)
B. Student should discuss the advantages that multicellular organisms hold
over unicellular organisms.
______1. Discuss the lifespan of cells and why multicellular
organism live longer than unicellular organism (2 pt) (Think about what
happens when a cell dies in a multicellular organisms versus a unicellular
organism)
______2. Discuss a few key advantageous organelles that
multicellular organisms have that unicellular organisms lack. (2 pt)
Unit 2: Cells Essential Questions Grading Rubric
2. Why is cell differentiation necessary for the survival of multicellular
organisms?
______ A. Student should define cell specialization (2 pt)
______ B. Student will explain the difference between unicellular and
multicellular organisms (2 pt)
______C. Student should pick one specialized cell in an animal and explain
why its function is critical for the survival of the organism. (2 pt)
______D. Student should pick one specialized cell in a plant and explain
why its function is critical for the survival of the organism. (2 pt)
Unit 2: Cells Essential Questions Grading Rubric
4. Is homeostasis crucial for the survival of a cell?
______ A. Student should define homeostasis. (2 pt)
B. Student will name three organelles and how their function helps
maintain homeostasis for the cell.
______ 1. Organelle example with function explanation (2 pt)
______ 2. Organelle example with function explanation (2 pt)
______ 3. Organelle example with function explanation (2 pt)