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
