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Cell

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the smallest living unit of all living things

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Microscope

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an instrument used to observe small objects such as cells by making enlarged images of them

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What is the modern cell theory?

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It is a compilation of discoveries that is now considered a fundamental concept of biology.

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How many parts does the modern cell theory consist of?

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3 statements

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What are the statements that make up the Modern Cell Theory?

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1) The cell is the fundamental structure and function in living things.
2) All living things are composed of cells
3) Cells come from pre existing cells.

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When were the first magnifying objects made?

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1550s

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What were the first magnifying objects? and who made them?

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Eyeglasses combined to make magnifying objects made by Eyeglass makers in Europe

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Why is Robert Hooke important?

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Robert Hooke was the first person RECOGNIZED to have looked through a compound microscope and discovered cells.
He thought they looked like the cork cells and thought they looked like the dorms in monasteries and therefore named them “cells.”

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When did Robert Hooke discover cells?

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1665

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Who was Matthias Schleiden?

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Matthias Schleiden was a botanist that stated that all plants are made of cells.

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Who was Theodor Schwann?

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Theodor Schwann was a zoologist who stated that all animals are made of cells.

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Who was Anton Van Leeuwenhoek?

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Businessman/ Scientists who used a single-lensed microscope to examine pond water, saliva in the mouth, etc. He discovered bacteria.

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What did Van Leeuwenhoek call bacteria?

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Animacules

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What is Van Leeuwenhoek’s nickname?

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Father of microscopy

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When did Van Leeuwenhoek make his discovery?

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1674

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When did Schwann and Schleiden make their statements about animals and plants?

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1830

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What statement did Schwann and Schleiden come up with by working together?

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All living things are made of cells.

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Who was Rudolf Virchow?

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A physician that stated that new cells can only be made by division of existing ones.

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Was Virchow’s idea original?

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No he proved Lorenz Oken’s theory.

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When did Rudolf Virchow make his discovery?

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1855

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Most microscopes use ____ or _____ to create images

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light; electrons

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How many categories of types of microscopes are there? and what are they?

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2; Compound light microscopes and Electron Microscopes

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What are Compound Light Microscopes?

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microscopes that use light, which allow light to pass through the specimen that it is viewing.

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Compound Light Microscopes make micrographs in the gray scale. (True or False)

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False; colored

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How many lenses does a compound light microscope have? and what are they?
2; Objective Lens and Ocular Lens
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Objective Lens
Lens that is located directly above the specimen -> enlarges it (This lens can have different powers of magnification in different microscopes)
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Ocular Lens
Lens that magnifies that specimen further
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How close can a compound light microscope look at a specimen?
up to 1 millionth of a meter
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What are the problems of using a compound light microscope?
1) Can only produce clear images of objects up to 1000x magnification bc radiation (light) scatter as it moves through matter 2) Most cells are transparent
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How is transparency of cells fixed?
Use chemical stains/dyes on cells
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Fluorescence Microscopy
When fluorescent dyes are used to give off a certain color, advanced techniques can attach fluorescent labels of different colors to different molecules so that scientists can see colored organisms moving (some of these methods need special microscopes)
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Micrograph
photo of object seen through microscope
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Specimen looked at through compound light microscopes need to be ___ and ____ to let ____ through it
thin, translucent, light
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How do electron microscopes work?
1) Coat specimen in metal 2) Put specimen in vacuum so that electrons only interact with air and nothing else 3) Use beam of electrons to make micrograph
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What are the beams of electrons focused by?
Magnetic Fields
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Electron Microscopes make images in gray scale. (True or False)
True
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Electron Microscopes can magnify up to _______
1 billionth of a meter
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Electron microscopes commonly look at....
DNA or viruses
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How many types of electron microscopes are there? and what are they?
2; Transmission Microscopes (TE) and Scanning Microscopes (SE)
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All specimen observed with electron microscopes must be ____
dead
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What is the main purpose of transmission microscopes?
to explore cell structures and large proteins
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Transmission Microscopes have _____ magnification of scanning microscopes
half
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How do transmission microscopes make micrographs?
Sending electrons THROUGH the specimen
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All specimen observed with transmission microscopes must be ____ because ____
ultra thin so that the electrons can pass through
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Transmission Electron Microscopes make _____ micrographs (not color or grayscale)
flat and 2-D shaped because the sample has to be ultra thin
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Specimen studied under Scanning Microscopes can be cut ______
Into opaque 3-dimensional objects
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How do scanning microscopes make micrographs?
Shooting a lower voltage beam (skiny, pencil like) of electrons at the specimen
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Scanning Microscopes have _____ magnification of transmission microscopes
double
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Eu means
true
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karyote means
nucelus
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Contrast
the difference in brightness bewteen the light and the dark parts of an image
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Disadvantage of electron microscopes
the organism has to be dead
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Cyto
cell
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Cytology
study of cell strcture
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Cell fractionation done with what
centrifuge
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Cell fractionation
the separating of cell parts
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in Cell fractionation the ornganelles are taken out based on what
their size/density
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the lower speeds of cell fractionation take out what
the bigger organelles
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the faster speeds of cell fractionation take out what
the smaller organelles
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What is the purpose of cell fractionation
to study the individual organelles'funtion structure and enzymes
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As time goes on the person will spin the centrifuge faster or slower
faster
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basic order of cell fractionation happening
slow speed and short amt of time and big fat come out, scoop out, put rest, faster speed, faster time, scoop out MEDIUM, put rest, repeat
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Homoegenate
blended up soup that is made up of two things
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Supernatant
cell soup (the liquid left over after the scoop)
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Centrifuge spins at an angle True or False
True --> to helpthe cell to separate
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Pellet
the organelle that is to be scooped out
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Cell
the basis structural and functional units of organisms
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____ increases while ___ stays the same (fill out with volume and surface area +the reason
surface area; volume; so theres ore room for reactions and organellles while still remaiming small bc organisms can only fit certain amt of cells
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miscroscopes
helps to see things that you cant see with the naked eye
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resolving power
resolutionon a microscope: the minimum distance that 2 points can be separated and still seen as 2 distinct points (clarity)
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magnification
ratio of size on an image to the size of the object (amount of times its increased its size)
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Light microscope
uses visible light to illuminate an object (can have light bulb or mirror) and the thing you put under it is a living organissm than is thin and NOT opaque
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Electron microscope
powerful in resolution and magnification, shot a tiny ray of electrons at substance
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how do scanning microscopes work
scan ray of electrons (super concentrated but skinny like stick) at the substance and then the electrosbounce off
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what type of microscope gets 3D images
scanning

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