Cells Flashcards
Cell wall
A protective layer around a plant cell
Magnification
When something looks bigger than it is
Vacoule
Something the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically containing fluid.
Organism
Anything that’s alive
Cell
The building blocks of your body
Specimen
Anything that your working on
Slide
A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass used to hold objects for examination under a microscope.
Nucleus
Part of a cell that holds DNA
Specialised cell
A cell that is fully equipped to do one thing
Unicellular organism
Something thats alive but only has one cell
MRS GREN
Resperation
Cell membrane
A wall around the outside of a animal cell
Multicellular organism
On organism with multiple cells
Resolution
resolution is the ability to distinguish two points as separate structures rather a single fuzzy dot. In practice, resolution is a measure of the level of detail that can be seen using a microscope.
Diffusion
When particles move from a place of high concentration to a place of low concentration using their own kinetic energy
Rate of diffusion
How fast something diffuses
Egg cell
It is there to make baby
Red blood cell
It caries blood
Root hair cell
This is how the hair grows
Sperm cell
This goes into the egg cell to create baby
Nerve cell
This makes up the nerve system
Binary fission
It’s how cells duplicate themselves
Microscope
It magnifies things
Cytoplasm
It is a jelly like substance where chemical reactions happen
Chloplast
This is where photosynthesis takes place
Mitochondria
This is where respiration happens
