Biology Flashcards

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Animals

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Can move
Cannot make their own food
Divided into inervetebrates and vertebrates
Vertebrates have a backbone e.g human,dog,fish,bird
Invertebrates do not have a back bone e.g worms,insects,snails

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PLANTS

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Fixed in one position
Make their own food
(Photosynthesis)
Know the difference
between them by studying their leaves and flowers

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Cell membrane

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Cell membrane - allows substances to pass in and out of the cell

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Cytoplasm

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Cytoplasm - watery fluid that gives support to the cell

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Nucleus

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• Nucleus - controls the cells activity’s

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Vacuole

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Vacuole - (larger and permanent in plants) storage of food, water, wastes

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Cell wall

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Cell wall- (only in plant cell) gives strength to the cell

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Chloroplasts

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Chloroplasts- (only in plant cell) contains chlorophyll to help make food

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Base

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Keeps the microscope stabe

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Stage and stage clips

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Holds the slide in place

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Light source

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A built in light bulb or mirror that lights up the specimen

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Diaphragm

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Controls the amount of light passing through the specimen

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Objective lens

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Magnifies the specimen by different factors (4x,10x,40x,)

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Eyepiece lens

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Magnifies the specimen usually by factor of 10 (x10)

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Coarse focus

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Brings the image into rough focus

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Fine focus wheel

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Brings the image to sharp focus

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Micrograph

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An image formed when using an electron microscope

18
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Mitochondria and ribosomes

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Can be seen with an electron microscope but can’t be seen with a light microscope

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Enzymes

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Are chemicals that speed up reactions without being used up in the reaction