The Cell and the Microscope

Question 1

an outer covering of cells

Answer 1

epidermis

Question 2

controls what comes into and goes out of the cell

Answer 2

plasma membrane

Question 3

control center of the cell

Answer 3

nucleus

Question 4

large storage structures

Answer 4

vacuole

Question 5

all cellular material outside the nucleus

Answer 5

cytoplasm

Question 6

functional plant or animal

Answer 6

organism

Question 7

each cell possesses a life of its own

Answer 7

cell theory

Question 8

outer covering around plant cell made of fibrous material

Answer 8

cell wall

Question 9

a functioning organism represents life

Answer 9

organismal theory

Question 10

small structure(s) within nucleus

Answer 10

nucleolus

Question 11

One difference between human cheek cells and onion cells is:

Answer 11

the absence of a cell wall in human cells

Question 12

theory states that the cell is the basic unit of life

Answer 12

Cell theory

Question 13

Theory states that the organism is the basic unit of life.

Answer 13

Organismal Theory

Question 14

The spherical object within a cell which controls its activity is called the _____.

Answer 14

nucleus

Question 15

The cellular material outside the nucleus is called the _____.

Answer 15

cytoplasm

Question 16

The fibrous outer covering surrounding plant cells is the:

Answer 16

cell wall

Question 17

In a microscope

ability to tell two points apart

Answer 17

resolving power

Question 18

In a microscope

magnifies an object using light and lenses

Answer 18

optical microscope

Question 19

In a microscope

magnifies using streams of electrons

Answer 19

electron microscope

Question 20

In a microscope

single body tube

Answer 20

monocular

Question 21

In a microscope

lens found in the eyepiece

Answer 21

ocular lens

Question 22

In a microscope

two eyepieces

Answer 22

binocular

Question 23

In a microscope

magnifying lens closest to the specimen

Answer 23

objective lens

Question 24

Robert Hooke was the first to use the term ______________ to describe tiny compartments in the cork.

Answer 24

Cell

Question 25

Galileo used ______________ to examine the principles of lenses, thus improving on previous attempts at magnification.

Answer 25

mathematics

Question 26

_____ was/were the first to carefully document observations of blood cells, sperm cells, and other microorganisms.

Answer 26

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 27

_____, sixteenth century eyeglass maker(s), experimented with glass lenses and a tube and found that objects could be magnified greatly.

Answer 27

Hans and Zaccharias Janssen

Question 28

Very little has changed in the structure of light microscopes since the 1840's, when an American, _____, was able to significantly improve the quality of the magnified images with his microscopes.

Answer 28

Charles Spencer

Question 29

The electron microscope was invented in Germany during the 1930's by _____.

Answer 29

Max Knott and Ernst Ruska

Question 30

Order of telescope ***ocular lens***

Answer 30

First

Question 31

Order of telescope ***body tube***

Answer 31

Second

Question 32

Order of telescope ***revolving nosepiece***

Answer 32

Third

Question 33

Order of telescope ***objective lens***

Answer 33

Fourth

Question 34

Order of telescope ***coverslip***

Answer 34

Fifth