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What’s the eye piece lens?

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The part of the microscope you look down.

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What’s the objective lens ?

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The part of a microscope that’s closest to the specimen

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What’s a stain?

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A dye used to colour parts of a cell so they’re more visible by microscope

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What’s aerobic respiration?

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A type of respiration in which oxygen is used to release energy from substances, such as glucose.

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What’s the cell membrane?

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Controls what goes in and out of a cell.

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What’s the cell sap?

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Liquid found in the permanent vacuole of a plant cell

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What’s the cell wall?

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Used for protection and support
Made of cellulose in plant cells
Bacteria have a flexible cell wall

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What’s chlorophyll?

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Green substance found in chloroplasts. Traps energy transferred by light

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What’s a chloroplast?

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A green disc containing chlorophyll.
Where the plant makes glucose using photosynthesis

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What’s a cytoplasm ?

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Watery jelly inside a cell where all the cells activities take place

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What’s DNA?

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A substance that contains genetic information. Short for deoxyribonucleic acid.

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What’s a eukaryotic cell?

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A cell with a nucleus is eukaryotic. Organisms that have cells like this are also said to be eukaryotic.

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What’s the field of view ?

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The circle of light you see looking down a microscope.

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What’s mitochondria ?

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In the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells , where aerobic respiration occurs

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What’s the nucleus ?

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The control centre of a eukaryotic cell

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What’s a ribosome?

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Tiny sub-cellular structure that makes proteins

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What’s the scale bar?

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A line drawn on a magnified image that shows a certain distance at that magnification.

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What’s a vacuole?

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A storage space in cells. Plant cells have a large, permanent vacuole that helps to keep them rigid.

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What’s an acrosome?

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A small vacuole in the tip of the head of a sperm cell, which contains enzymes.

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What’s a ciliated epithelial cell?

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A cell that lines certain tubes in the body and has cilia on its surface.

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What’s cillia?

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A small hair-like structure on the surface of some cells. Plural is cilia.

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What’s a diploid?

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Describes a cell that has 2 sets of chromosomes

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What’s an egg cell?

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The female gamete ( sex cell)

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What’s an embryo?

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The tiny new life that grows by cell division from a fertilised egg cell (zygote).

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What’s an enzyme ?
A substance that can speed up some processes in living things (e.g. breaking down molecules).
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What’s an epithelial cell?
A cell found on surfaces of the body
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What’s fertilisation?
Fusing of a male gamete with a female gamete
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What’s a gamete?
A cell used for sexual reproduction
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What’s a haploid ?
A cell with One set of chromosomes
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What’s a microvillus?
A fold on the surface of a villus cell. These folds increase the surface area so that digested food is absorbed more quickly. Plural is microvilli.
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What’s a sperm cell?
The male gamete ( sex cell)
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What’s chromosomal DNA?
DNA found in chromosomes but the term is often used to describe the large loop of DNA found in bacteria.
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What’s flagellum
A tail-like structure that rotates, allowing a unicellular organism to move. Plural is flagella.
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What’s a plasmid?
A small loop of DNA found in the cytoplasm of bacteria
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What’s plasmid dna?
DNA found in plasmids
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What’s a prokaryotic cell
A cell with no nucleus is prokaryotic. Organisms such as bacteria, which have cells like this, are also said to be prokaryotic.
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What’s a catalyst?
A substance that speeds up the rate of a reactiom
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What’s a monomer?
A small molecule that can join with other molecules like itself to form a polymer.
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What’s a polymer?
A substance made up of very long molecules containing repeating groups of atoms. (Formed by joining monomer molecules together.)
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What’s a product ?
A substance formed in a reaction
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What’s a substrate?
A substance that’s changed during a reactiom
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What’s synthesis?
To build a large moleculesfrom smaller subunits
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What’s Benedict’s solution?
A bright blue chemical reagent that turns orange or red when warmed with a solution of reducing sugars
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What’s a biuret test?
A test that uses copper sulfate solution and potassium hydroxide solution to test for proteins. The blue of the copper sulfate solution turns purple in the presence of proteins.
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What a calorimeter?
Equipment used to measure the energy released from a substance by burning it.
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What’s a chemical reagent?
A substance or mixture used in chemical analysis or reactions.
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What’s an iodine solution
A yellow - orange solution that turns black - blue when in contact with starch
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What’s a precipitate ?
Insoluble substance formed when two soluble substances react together
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What’s a reducing sugar ?
A simple sugar, such as glucose or fructose, that reacts with (reduces) Benedict’s solution and changes its colour.
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What’s the active site?
The space in an enzyme where the substrate fits during an enzyme-catalysed reaction.
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What does it mean if an enzyme becomes denatured ?
A denatured enzyme is one where the shape of the active site has changed so much that its substrate no longer fits and the reaction can no longer happen.
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What active transport ?
Movement of particles across a cell membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration
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What’s osmosis?
Movement of solvent molecules in a solution across a partially permeable membrane Dilute concentration to a more concentrated one
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What’s a passive process!
Doesn’t require energy
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What’s a solute?
A solid that’s dissolved into a liquid to make a solution
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What’s a Solvent
The liquid in which a substance dissolves to make a solution
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How do we test for lipids?
Do the emulsion test 1. Add ethanol 2. shake 3. Pour solution into water 4 positive = milky
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How do we test for starch ?
The iodine test 1.add iodine to the sample 2. Positive = blue black colour
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How do we calculate energy in food ??
Energy in food = Mass of water (g) X temp change X 4.2
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What’s diffusion?
The movement of particles From an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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