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2.1.1 Flashcards

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What is staining?

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  • Coloured stains bind to chemicals on / in specimen
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Why do we use staining?

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  • allows the specimen to become visible
  • can see organelles
  • improve contrast
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What stains DNA dark red?

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Acetic Orcein

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What colour does eosin stain the cytoplasm?

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pink

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Why do we do sectioning?

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to allow light to pass through

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What is the difference between the uses of the electron microscopes?

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TEM - looks at organelle detail
SEM - looks at cell surface

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How do SEM’s work?

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beam of electrons hits specimen and bounces off

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How do TEM’s work?

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beam of electrons passes through a specimen

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Why can TEM images look different?

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organelles have been cut at different planes/angles

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What are light microscopes used for?

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to look at whole cells and whole tissues

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What does magnification mean?

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Number of times larger an image is in comparison to the object

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What does resolution mean?

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ability to distinguish between very small structures that are closer together in detail

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What is the magnification of a light microscope?

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up to 1500X

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What is he maginfication of SEM?

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100,000X

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What is the magnification of TEM?

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up to 500,000

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What is the maximum resolving power of a light microscope?

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50-200nm

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What is the maximum resolving power of SEM?

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0.20nm

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What is the maximum resolving power of TEM?

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0.05 - 1nm

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cm to mm?

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*10

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cm to micrometers?

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*10000

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cm to nm?

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10 , 000, 000

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nm to micrometers?

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nm to mm?

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nm to cm?

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/10, 000, 000

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What is the nucleus?
- controls nearly all activities of cell - contains DNA and contains genetic codes for proteins
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What is the RER?
- flattened membrane bound sacs called cisternae - continuous with nuclear envelope - RER is studded with ribosomes - protein synthesis occurs here
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What is the SER?
- flattened membrane bound sacs called cisternae - continuous with nuclear envelope - SER has no ribosomes - iipid and hormone production happens here
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What is the golgi apparatus?
- stack of membrane-bound flattened sacs - processes and packages proteins into vesicles - some of these vesicles may be secreted out of the cell
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What is the ribosome?
- tiny organelles - in cytoplasm - or bound to RER - site of protein synthesis
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What is the mitochondria?
- Spherical - 2 membranes separated by fluid filled space - membrane folded into cristae - central part - matrix - ATP made from areobic respirations
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What is the lysosome?
- spherical sacs surrounded by a membrane - contain powerful digestive enzymes
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What is the chloroplast?
- 2 membranes separated by a fluid-filled space - inner membrane is continuous with a network of flattened discs called thylakoids - site of photosynthesis
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What is the plasma cell surface membrane made of?
phospholipid bilayer
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What controls what enters and leaves the cell?
plasma / cell surface membrane
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What do centrioles do?
- take part in mitosis - form spindle fibres
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What is the cell wall?
- provides high tensile strength - insoluble - inert - made of cellulose - cell wall in a bacteria is made of peptidoglycan
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What is the flagella?
9+2 arrangement inside whole cell movemement
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What is cilia?
hair - like move substances
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What is the vacuole?
membrane-bound membrane surrounding is called tonoplast filled with water and enzymes helps remove unwanted substances from cell by becoming turgid or flaccid
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What is the process for the production and secretion of proteins?
1) mRNA is made and leaves through a nuclear pore 2) mRNA attaches to a ribosome on RER / cytoplasm 3) ribosome makes proteins and is processed and packaged into a vesicle 4) golgi apparatus processe and packages proteins 5) vesicle fuses with cell surface membrane and releases proteins by exocytosis
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What is the importance of the cytoskeleton?
- important in whole cell support / mechanicl strength - movement of cilia / flagella - changing cell shape - moving organelles like a vesicle - movement of chromosomes in mitosis
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What are 3 components of the cytoskeleton?
Microfilaments Microtubules Intermediate filaments
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What are microfilaments?
- contract and used in cytokinesis - change cell shape - made from actin
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What are microtubules?
- forms spindle fibres to move chromosomes - moves organelles around the cell using vesicles - made of globular tubulin proteins to form tubes
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What are intermediate filaments?
- made form actin and microtubules - mechanical strength - whole cell support
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What structures are associated weith the cytoske;eton?
flagell and cilia
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How does the cell propell forward with the flgellum?
by using ATP
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What is a structure found in animal cells but not plant cells?
centriole/ glycogen granule
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What is the size of a ribosome in a prokaryotic cell?
70S
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What is a plasmid?
circular DNA passed to other bacteria to exchange genetic information
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What is pili?
used for lateral flow of DNA to other bacteria
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Where is ATP produced in a bacterial cell?
mesosome infolded regions of a cell membrane
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Where in bacteria is resistance to antibiotics coded in?
plasmid DNA

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