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Cells And Microscope Flashcards

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Whats a cell membrane?

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Allows substances to pass in and out of the cell.

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What is a cytoplasm?

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Watery fluid that gives support to the cell

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What is a nucleus?

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Controls the cell’s activities

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What is a vacuole?

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(Larger and permanent in plants) storage of food water and wastes.

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What is a cell wall

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(Only in plant cell) gives strength to the cell

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What is a chloroplasts?

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(Only in plant cell) contains chlorophyll to help make food.

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What is a base

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Keeps the microscope stable

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What is the stage and stage clips

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Holds the slide in place

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What is a light source

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A built in light bulb or mirror that lights up the specimen

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What is a diaphragm

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Controls the amount of light passing through the specimen

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What is a objective lens

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Magnifies the specimen by different factors (x4 x10 x40)

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What is a eyepiece lens

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Magnifies the specimen usually by a factor of 10 (x10)

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What is the coarse focus wheel

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Brings the image into rough focus

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What is a fine focus wheel

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Brings the image into sharp focus

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What is a electron microscope

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Used to study things in more detail.a beam of electrons is passed through a specimen

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What is a micrograph

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An image formed when using an electron microscope

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What is a mitochondria and ribsomes

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Can be seen with an electron microscope but cannot be seen with a light microscope

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What is an organelle

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Structure in a cell that carries out a particular role

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What is a cell

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Made up of organelle different cells do different jobs

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What is a tissue

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Groups of cells that work together eg blood is made of red and white blood cells platelets and plasma

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