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Cells And Microscopes Flashcards

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What does the cell membrane do?

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Allows substances to pass in and out of the cell

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What allows substances to pass through the cell?

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Cell membrane

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What is cytoplasm?

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Watery fluid that gives support to the cell

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What is a watery fluid that help the cell called?

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Cytoplasm

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What is a nucleus?

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It controls the cell activities

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What controls the cells activity?

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Nucleus

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What is a vacuole?

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It stores food, water and wastes (larger and permanent in plant cells

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What stores food,water and waste in the cell

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Vacuole

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What is a cell wall?

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It gives strength to the cell (only in plant cells)

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What gives strength to the cell?

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Cell wall

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What is a chloroplast?

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It contains chlorophyll to help make food (only in plant cell)

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What is a microscope base?

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It keeps the microscope stable

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What are the clips and stage on a microscope

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They hold the slide in place

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What does the light do?

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Its built in and shines light onto the slide so you can see it better

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What is a diaphragm?

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It controls the amount of light passing through the specimens

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What is a objective lens

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It magnifies the specimen by different factors (x4 x10 x40)

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What is an eye piece lens for?

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It magnifies the specimen, usually by a factor of 10 (x10)

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What is coarse focus wheel?

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It brings the image to a rough focus

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What is a fine focus wheel?

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It brings the image into a sharp focus

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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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Mircrograph

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An image formed when using an electron microscope

22
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Mitochondria and ribosomes

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

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Organelle

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Structure in a cell that carries put a particular role

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Cell

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Made up of organelles, different cells do different 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

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Organ

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Group of tissue 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

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