Cells & Microscope Vocabulary

Question 1

Hypothesis

Answer 1

educated guess

Question 2

Cell

Answer 2

smallest unit of matter

Question 3

Lens

Answer 3

transparent/clear material having at least one curved surface (concave/convex)

Question 4

Microscope

Answer 4

instrument with lenses to make small things bigger

Question 5

Organism

Answer 5

any living thing that can carry out life on its own

Question 6

Prokaryotes

Answer 6

organism that lacks nucleus in its cells

Question 7

Eukaryotes

Answer 7

organism that contains a nucleus in its cells

Question 8

Nucleus

Answer 8

cell’s brain; controls what cell does, DNA Is located

Question 9

Cytoplasm

Answer 9

clear jelly like fluid that fills the inside of the cell

Question 10

Cell Wall

Answer 10

protective layer that surrounds a plant cell and gives it shape

Question 11

Cell Membrane

Answer 11

structure that controls movement of materials in and out of the cell

Question 12

Vacuole

Answer 12

storage bubbles found in cells

Question 13

Chloroplasts

Answer 13

food producers found in plant cells and some protists

Question 14

Chlorophyll

Answer 14

green chemical found in chloroplast

Question 15

Photosynthesis

Answer 15

process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into food

Question 16

Yeast

Answer 16

unicellular fungi

Question 17

Budding

Answer 17

form of reproduction where new organisms grow on one another

Question 18

Unicellular

Answer 18

having only one cell

Question 19

Multi Celled

Answer 19

made up of more than one cell

Question 20

Diffusion

Answer 20

spread of particles from regions of higher concentration to regions of lower concentrations

Question 21

Osmosis

Answer 21

movement of material through a membrane

Question 22

Mitosis

Answer 22

process of cell division

Question 23

Chromosomes

Answer 23

threadlike structures in the nucleus that controls genes

Question 24

Protists

Answer 24

diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms

Question 25

Protozoa

Answer 25

animal like protists

Question 26

Paramecium

Answer 26

slipper shaped protozoa that used cilia to move

Question 27

Amoeba

Answer 27

animal like protists that use psuedopods to move

Question 28

Pseudopod

Answer 28

temporary extensions of the cell used to move “false foot”

Question 29

Euglena

Answer 29

animal like flagellate that can make its own food

Question 30

Diatoms

Answer 30

plantlike protists found in oceans

Question 31

Bacteria

Answer 31

organism without a nucleus that is rod, spiral, or round shaped

Question 32

Cilia

Answer 32

hair like structures that help protists move

Question 33

Flagella

Answer 33

tail like structures that help protists move

Question 34

Volvox

Answer 34

single celled algae that forms spherical colonies

Question 35

Hydra

Answer 35

multi celled organism that looks like a squid

Question 36

Daphnia

Answer 36

Multi celled organism that is flea-like

Question 37

Planaria

Answer 37

worm like multicelled organism