Chapter 1- Cells

Question 1

Organism

Answer 1

A living thing

Question 2

Eyepiece lens

Answer 2

The very top lens that you put your eye to in a microscope.

Question 3

Mitochondria

Answer 3

A organelle that produces energy for the cell to live. It is also where respiration happens when energy is released from food

Question 4

Passive process

Answer 4

A process that does not require any energy.

Question 5

Diffusion

Answer 5

When particles collide into each other to create a mist

Question 6

Stage

Answer 6

An area of the microscope where you place the glass slide

Question 7

Nucleus

Answer 7

The organelle that controls the cell and stores Dna.

Question 8

Cytoplasm

Answer 8

The area in the cell where chemical reactions take place. It is a jelly inside the cell.

Question 9

Living thing

Answer 9

An organism

Question 10

Cell wall

Answer 10

The outside of the cell that lets everything in. It gives structure for the plant.

Question 11

Cell

Answer 11

The building block of live- every living thing in the world is made of this

Question 12

Cell memebrane

Answer 12

The layer around the cell that acts like a barrier

Question 13

Special cell adaptation

Answer 13

When a cell adapts to be better at its job

Question 14

Permanent vacoule

Answer 14

It stores food called cell sap. It is a large area in a plant cell.

Question 15

Chloroplast

Answer 15

Found in plant cells and some unicellular organisms. Traps sunlight energy to create photosynthesis.

Question 16

Hazard symbols

Answer 16

Symbols that help you understand what danger some object might pose.

Question 17

Maximum magnification

Answer 17

The highest power of zoom you can put on a microscope- x400

Question 18

Binary fission

Answer 18

Binary fission is when a cell reproduces making an identical second copy of itself.

Question 19

Coarse focus wheel

Answer 19

The coarse focus wheel is used to get a first focus on your specimen.

Question 20

Fine focus wheel

Answer 20

Once you have adjusted with the coarse focus wheel, you can make the focus finer with the fine focus wheel.

Question 21

Sperm cell adaptation

Answer 21

It has a long flagellum and a head like a blunt spearhead

Question 22

Objective lens

Answer 22

The lens that you can regulate the zoom of; the zoom depends on the quality of the microscope.