Cells Flashcards
What is cells?
The building blocks of every living thing.
Where are cells found?
all living organisms
4 differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
- Eukaryotic is multicellular, Prokaryotic is unicellular
- Eukaryotic has membrane-bound organelles, prokaryotic don’t
- Eukaryotic is usually much larger, Prokaryotic usually smaller
- Eukaryotic has linear DNA found in nucleus, Prokaryotic has circular DNA that floats around.
4 Similarities between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
Both has chromosomes, ribosomes, cytoplasm and vacuoles
Differences between plant and fungal cell.
Fungal cells do not have chloroplasts while plants do. Fungal cells have cell walls made from chitin while plants have walls made of cellulose.
What is a specialised cell?
Cells that has its own special job to do.
Golgi body function
packs protein so they are ready to transport out of cell
Rough endoplasmic reticulum function
site where proteins are made
Function of coarse focus knob.
to move towards or away from the specimen
Function of fine focus knob.
Sharpen the focus quality of the image after being brought to focus by the coarse focus knob.
Base function
supports the microscope
Steps required to describe how to to focus a microscope.
1) Select lowest power objective lens
2) Check specimen is centred in the field of view
3) Adjust coarse focus
4) Adjust fine focus
5) Zoom in (select higher powered objective lenses)
6) Re-adjust fine focus
Discussion=?
analyse the result and apply scientific knowledge
Why are there different types of animal cells?
Each of them has their own job.
Aim=?
States purpose of experiment