Cells

Question 1

Cell

Answer 1

A tiny object that is in any type of living thing

Question 2

Microsope

Answer 2

A machine for viewing tiny objects

Question 3

Light microscope

Answer 3

An instrument for viewing very small objects. A light microscope can magnify things up to 1500 times.

Question 4

Electron microscope

Answer 4

An electron microscope is much more powerful than a light microscope and can magnify things up to a million times.

Question 5

Monocular

Answer 5

A microscope through which the specimen is seen using one eye only

Question 6

Binoculars

Answer 6

microscope with two eyepieces, so you use both eyes to look at the object

Question 7

Stereo

Answer 7

microscope through which the specimen is viewed using both eyes

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Magnification

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the number of times the image of an object has been enlarged using a lens or lens system. For example, a magnification of two means the object has been enlarged to twice its actual size.

Question 9

Unicellular

Answer 9

Organism having 1 cell

Question 10

Multicellular

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Having many cells

Question 11

Micrometer

Answer 11

A Length of one millionth of a metre

Question 12

Nanotechnology

Answer 12

rapidly developing field that includes studying and investigating cells and other objects of the smallest dimensions

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Prokaryotes

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organism classified as belonging to the Prokaryotae kingdom

Question 14

Eukaryotes

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Organism that has a membrane around the nucleus in each of their cells

Question 15

Cell membrane

Answer 15

Structure that encloses the contents of a cell and allows the movement of some materials in and out

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Cytosol

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The fluid inside a cell

Question 17

Ribosomes

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Small structures within a cell

Question 18

Cytoplasm

Answer 18

The jelly-like material inside a cell

Question 19

Metabolism

Answer 19

A reaction that makes an organism repair and grow

Question 20

Binary fission

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Reproduction of an organism into two new organism

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Animalia

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Animals

Question 22

Plantae

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Plants

Question 23

Fungi

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Mushroom

Question 24

Protoctista

Answer 24

Algae

Question 25

Mitochondrial

Answer 25

Supply energy to other cells

Question 26

Cellular respiration

Answer 26

Oxygen that moves the energy in glucose

Question 27

Photosynthesis

Answer 27

Cell making their own food

Question 28

Chlorophyll

Answer 28

Green coloured chemicals in plants that absorbs energy used in photosynthesis to make food

Question 29

Nucleus

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Central part of a cell

Question 30

Chromosome

Answer 30

Tiny structure inside the nucleus cell

Question 31

DNA

Answer 31

A variable that is likely to change

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Mitosis

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Process that results in new cells

Question 33

Clone

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Identical copy

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Cytokinesis

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Process where the cytoplasm of a cell divides to form two daughter cells

Question 35

Infectious diseases

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Disease that can be transferred

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Non infectious diseases

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Disease that cannot be transferred

Question 37

Antibiotics

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Substance from a micro organism

Question 38

Disinfectant

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Noemi also used to kill bacteria

Question 39

Antiseptic

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Mild disinfectant used on body tissue

Question 40

Bactericidal

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An antiseptic that kills bacteria

Question 41

Bacteriostatic

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antiseptic that stops bacteria from growing or dividing but doesn’t kill them

Question 42

Epidemic

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Outer layer of the skin

Question 43

Dermis

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Inner layer of the skin

Question 44

Receptor

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Special cells that detect energy

Question 45

Sweat glands

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Water and salt are removed from the body, helping to control body temperature

Question 46

Pore

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Small opening in the skin

Question 47

Evaporate

Answer 47

Liquid to a gas