Test 1 Flashcards
Microscope
Light,Stereo,Electron
Metrics
Basic units; Meters,Grams,Liter
Prefix (Smaller)
Deci,Centi,Milli
Prefix (Larger)
Deka,Hecto,Kilo
Microscopy Unit
Micron or Micrometer; 1 millimeter= 1000 um
Field of view
What you see
Stain
Makes parts of cells visible, kills cells
Microtome
Makes thin slices
Petri dish, Agar
Dish for growing cultures; gelatin
Centrifuge
Spin to seperate
Taxonomy
Science of classifcation
Aristotle
By habitat
Linnaeus
Father of taxonomy
Binomial Nomenclature
2 named system
Latin
Universal language for classification
Kingdom,Phylum,Class,Order,Family,Genus,Species
Genus Species name
2 names for all organisms
Variety
Breed or Race
5 Kingdom characteristics of each
Animal,Plant,Protista,Fungi,Monera
Eukaryotic
With nuclear membrane
Prokaryotic
Without nuclear membrane
Motile
Moves
Non-Motile
Doesn’t move
Heterotroph
Cannot make food
Autotroph
Can make food
Parasitism
Lives off of
Mutalism
Both help
Communalism
Both benefit off of one another
Pathogen
causes disease