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B2 Cells Flashcards

B2.1 Cell structure, B2.2 Size of specimens

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What are the organisms made up of many millions of cells called?

A

Multicellular organisms

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What are unicellular organisms?

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Organisms made up of just a single cell

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What is magnifying?

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Making very small things look bigger to see them.

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What is used to look at very small things?

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Microscopes

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What are the parts of the microscope? (light microscope)

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Eyepiece lens, objective lens, stage, light, coarse focus, fine focus and specimen

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What is the formula for working out the magnification from the microscope?

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Magnification of eyepiece lens × Magnification of objective lens

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What are the things that are in a plant cell but not in an animal cell?

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Vacuole, Chloroplasts and Cell wall

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What are the two things visible in the electron microscope and not in a light microscope?

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Mitochondrion and Ribosomes

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9
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Where are proteins made?

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Ribosomes

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10
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What are Mitochondria for?

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Respiration

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Which part of the cell contains genetic information in chromosomes?

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Nucleus

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12
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Which part of the cell is full of cell sap and helps it to be rigid?

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Vacuole

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Which part of the cell contains organelles for chemical reaction?

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Cytoplasm

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14
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Which part of the cell contains receptor molecules?

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Cell membrane

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What is a specimen?

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The thing that is being looked at with a microscope

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16
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What is the glass called where the specimen is placed?

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Slide

17
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What is stain? And what is the purpose of it?

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A liquid that helps to see cells easily and to see cell organelles more clearly as cells are colorless.

18
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What is the thin glass placed on top of a specimen?

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coverslip

19
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What are 3 reasons of using a coverslip?

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  • To flatten the specimen
  • To hold the specimen in place
  • To stop the specimen drying out
20
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Which stain is used for the cell wall of bacteria?

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crystal violet

21
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Which stain is used for animal cells?

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Methylene blue

22
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Which stain is used for plant cells?

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Iodine

23
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What are the difference between a bacterial cell and animal/plant cells?

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They are much smaller and simpler
They do not have Nucleus

24
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What is binary fission? What are the 2 stages?

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It is how bacteria reproduce
The 2 stages are
- Cell contents double
- Cell division by binary fission

25
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What are the things that are not in bacterial cell but in animal or plant cell?

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Nucleus, Chloroplasts, Permanent vacuole and Mitochondria

26
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What are cells?

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Basic unit of life

27
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What are Tissues?

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group of similar cells working together

28
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What is an organ?

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Is a group of tissues working together to do a job

29
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What is an organ system?

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group of organs working together to do a job

30
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What is an organism?

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group of organ systems working together to do a job

31
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What is the cell wall for bacterial cells made of?

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Peptidoglycan

32
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What are the things that bacterial cells have but not plant or animal cell?

A

Circular DNA and plasmids

33
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What is the shape of the red blood cell? Why?

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Bi-concave disc shape
Because it increases surface area over which absorption of oxygen can occur

34
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What is Cilia?

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It is the hair-like structure which moves mucus and traps particles

35
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What is the shape of the palisade cell?Why?

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Column shaped to absorb a lot of sunlight and to fit lots in upper epidermis

36
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Why do root hair cells have thin walls?

A

So water moves through quickly

37
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What does the Acrosome in the head of the sperm contain? Why?

A

Digestive enzymes to penetrate an egg

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