Cells And Microscope Flashcards

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Cell membrane

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Allows substances to pass in and out of the cell

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Cytoplasm

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Watery fluids that give support to the cell

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Nucleus

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Controls the cell’s activity

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Vacuole

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

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Cell wall

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(Only in plant cell)gives strength to the cell

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Chloroplasts

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

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Base

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Keeps the microscope stable

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Stage and stage clips

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Hold the slide in place

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Light source

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

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Diaphagram

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Controls the amount of light passing through the specimen

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Objective lens

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Magnefies the specimen by diffrent factors x4 x10 x40

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Eye piece

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Magnifies the specimen usually a factor of 10 (x10)

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Course focus wheel

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Bring the image into rough focus

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Fine focus wheel

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Bring the imagie into sharp focus

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Micrograph

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An image formed when using an electron microscope

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Mitochodria and ribsomes

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Can be seen with an electron microscope but can not be seen with alight microscope

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Organelle

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Structure in a cell that carries out particular role

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Cell

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Made up of organale,different cells do diffrent jobs

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Tissue

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Groups of cells that work together e.g blood is made of red and white blood cells,plasma and platelets

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Organ

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Group of tissues that work together

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System

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Group of organs that work together

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Organism

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An individual that has many systems that work together