Chap 4 -1 Flashcards
What are light microscopes made of and how much do they magnify?
glass lenses/ light source
1000x
What are light microscopes used for?
general shape
single cell movements, habits
What are electron microscopes made of?
tungsten filament and magnetic lenses
What are the two types of electron microscopes?
SEM scans surface 100,000x
TEM transmission, internal strutures 200,000x
What are the two main types of cells?
Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
Which type of microscope can see DNA?
electron microscope
What do cells have in common?
Plasma membrane Cytoskeleton DNA w/in a region Cytoplasm Ribosomes
What are prokaryotes?
small 1 um
simple cells
great metabolic diversity
unicellular organisms
Prokaryotes domain bacteria can live?
anywhere
Prokaryotes domain archaea can live?
only in extreme conditions (hot springs, dead sea, in animals)
What are the different shapes of prokaryotes?
Coccus (spherical)
Bacillus (rod-shaped)
Spiral
What are biofilms?
communal bacteria
Where is DNA located in prokaryote cells?
a nucleoid region
What is within DNA?
genes - code for RNA, protein
Prokaryotes’ structure
plasma membrane folds inward
no membrane bound organelles
plasmids