Cells Flashcards
What is the cell membrane?
Allows certain things to go through the cell wall
What is the cell wall
Tough covering on the outside of the plant cells.
What is the nucleus?
The control centre of the cell and contains DNA
What is cytosol?
Contains glucose
What is DNA
Your genes/genetics
The name of the person that created the microscope
Robert Hooke
What is xylem?
Carries water and contains dead cells
What does phloem do?
Carries food
What is mitosis?
Splitting a cell
What is cytoplasm?
Liquid inside a cell, contains organelles and nucleus.
What is Photosynthesis?
Light process that makes glucose
What are organelles?
Organs for cells
What is vacuole?
Is the water sac
What are stem cells
A stem cell can turn into anything
What is chloroplast?
Makes chlorophyll the green substance
What is a micrometer?
A millionth of a meter
What is the stomata
The pores and holes in the leaf
What is transpiration
Evaporation
What are the parts of the microscope
- The body tube
- eye piece
- base
- coarse nob
- the stage
Eukaryotes
Has nucleolus
Prokaryotes
No nucleus
