Discovering Cells Flashcards

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What is the total magnification of a microscope with two lenses when one lens is 15 and the other is 30?

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450.

because you multiply 15x30.

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How does magnification occur in an electron microscope?

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An electron beam creates the image.

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What are the three parts to cell theory?

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All cells are produced from other cells.
They are the basic unit of structure and function.
All cells are produced from other cells

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How does the lens of a light microscope work?

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Each CONVEX lens bends light to make the object appear larger.

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What does the term RESOLUTION refer to?

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How sharp an image is.

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What is the function of the cell membrane?

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To control what enters and leaves the cell

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Which organelle is the control center of the cell?

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Nucleus

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What does the mitochondria do?

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Covert energy from food to molecules into energy that the cell can use.

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Unlike Hooke, Leeuwenhoek observed cells that were…..

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Alive.

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How does a bacterial cell differ from a plant or animal cell?

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Bacteria do NOT have a nucleus.

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Which organelle is found in bacteria cells but also plant and animal cells?

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Golgi bodies.

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Specialized cells are found only in…..

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Many-celled organisms.

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What is the function of the cell wall?

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To protect and support the cell.

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14
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Unlike the cell wall, the cell membrane…

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Is found in all cells

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15
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Which organelles store food and other materials needed by the cell?

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The vacuole.

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16
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Which organelle release chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones?

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The invention of the microscope made it possible for people to discover….

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A light microscope that has two or more lenses is called ……. Microscope.

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A microscope allowed Hooke to see “tiny rectangular rooms” which he called ……. .

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Cells are the basic unit of structure and …… In living things.

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According to cell theory, all organisms are made of ……. .

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The sharpness of an image produced by a microscope is called …… .

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A lens that is thicker in the center than at the edge is called a …… lens

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The nucleus of a cell has a thin strands called ……. that contain genetic material.

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Small grain like bodies called ....... produce protein inside cells.
Ribosomes
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Organelles known as ...... contain chemicals that break down food particles and old cell parts.
Lysosomes
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Unlike in an animal cell, the genetic material in a bacterial cell is not found in a ...... .
Nucleus