Cell/Microscope Flashcards

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1
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The ______ gives the cell the energy it needs to carry out life functions

A

Mitochondria

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2
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The ______ helps give plant cells their shape

A

Cell Wall

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3
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Stores food, water, and other nutrients for when the cell needs it

A

Vacuole

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4
Q

The ______ helps get rid of unwanted thing inside the cell

A

Lysosome

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5
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The ______ is the control center of the cell

A

Nucleus

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6
Q

This is where the organelles are housed inside the cell

A

Cytoplasm

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7
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The ______ is the delivery truck of the cell

A

Golgi Body

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8
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The ______ contain the DNA found inside the nucleus

A

Chromosomes

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9
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Folded membranes that help package and prepare materials for transport

A

E.R.

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10
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Proteins are made on the

A

Ribosomes

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11
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An outer covering for both plant and animal cells

A

Cell membrane

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12
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Photosynthesis takes place in the

A

Chloroplast

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13
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Living things have specialized structures with specialized functions. Living thing with more than one cell have a greater level of organization because groups of cells function together.

A

Organization

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14
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Living things grow by increasing cell number. Multicellular organisms develop as cells develop specialized functions.

A

Growth and development

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15
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Living things make more living things through the process of reproduction

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Reproduction

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16
Q

Living things adjust and respond to changes in their internal and external environments.

A

Response to stimuli

17
Q

Living things maintain stable internal conditions.

A

Homeostasis

18
Q

Living things use energy for all the processes they perform. Living things get energy by making their own food, eating food, or absorbing food.

A

Use of Energy

19
Q

For a thing to be considered to be alive it must

A

Contain all 6 characteristics of life

20
Q

Who was the famous scientist in the mid 1600s who made the discovery of cells

A

Robert Hooke

21
Q

Who made improvements in the late 1600 and was a Dutch merchant

A

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

22
Q

How many different types microscopes are there

A

3 diffrent types

23
Q

uses light and lenses to enlarge an image of an object.

A

Light microscopes

24
Q

uses a magnetic field to focus a beam of electrons through an object or onto an object’s surface

A

Electron microscopes

25
Q

a light microscope that uses more than one lens to magnify an object

A

Compound microscopes

26
Q

What is the scientific methods (6)

A
  1. Define a problem
  2. Form a hypothesis
  3. Experiment
  4. Analyze results
  5. Draw conclusion
  6. Communicate results
27
Q

depends on the independent variable

A

Dependent variable

28
Q

a variable whose variation does not depend on that of another

A

Independent variable

29
Q

a state of not changing

A

Constant

30
Q

Plants get there food though a process called

A

Photosynthesis