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1
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Light Microscope

A

Light passes through the cell

  • can be used on living specimens
  • can magnify 400 times
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Electron microscope

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Shoots electrons through the cell
Better magnification and resolution
-kills the specimen

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3
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Cell theory

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All living things are made from cells and all cells come from cells

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4
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Scanning Electron microscope

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Scans the surface

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5
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Transmission electron microscope

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Penetrates the cells interior

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6
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Surface to volume ratio of cells

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Volume grows faster than surface area

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7
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Magnification

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Enlarging an object

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8
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Resolution

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Being to distinguish 2 things that are next to each other

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9
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Compound light microscopes

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Bend light to provide magnification

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10
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Scanning Electron microscope

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Records details about the surface area

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11
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Transmission electron microscope

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Records the inside of the cell

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12
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Plasma membrane

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Outer part of cell
Limits the cytoplasm
Flexible

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13
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Facilitated transport

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Moving with the help of proteins

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14
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Prokaryotic cell

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Don’t have membrane bound organelles

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15
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Eukaryotic cells

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Have nucleus and membrane bound organelles

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16
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Cytosol

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Gel like liquid inside of the cytoplasm

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17
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Chromosomes

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Made of chromatin

Makes DNA

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18
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Chromatin

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Protein DNA complex that makes chromosomes

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19
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Ribosomes

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Cellular structure makes proteins

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20
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Cytoplasm

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Region between plasma membrane and nuclear envelope

  • has cytosol
  • organelles
  • chemicals
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21
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Cytoskeleton

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Fibers keep shape
Secures organelles
Helps cytoplasm and vesicles move
-helps unicellular organisms move independently

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22
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Nucleoid

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Center of prokaryote where chromosome is located

23
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Nucleolus

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Dark body in nucleus that makes ribosome subunits

24
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Nucleoplasm

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Semisolid fluid that contains chromatin and nucleolus

25
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Flagella

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Tails that help move

26
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Cilia

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Little hairs that move things over the surface of a cell or move the cell over things

27
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Organelles

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Compartment or sac within the cell

28
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Plasmodesmata

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Channels between adjacent cell walls

Help transport things between cells

29
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Gap junction

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Channel between 2 animal cells

30
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Cholesterol in the cell membrane

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Is a stabilizer

31
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Tay Sachs disease

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Is a result of malfunction of lysosomes

32
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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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Stores calcium ions in muscle cells
Makes carbs lipids and hormones
Detoxify certain chemicals

33
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Rough endoplasmic reticulum

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Modifies proteins and makes phospholipids

34
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Golgi apparatus

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Sort tag and package lipids and proteins

35
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Lysosomes

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Digests proteins polysaccharides lipids nucleic acids and organelles

36
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Peroxisomes

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Contains hydrogen peroxide
Oxidizes fatty acids and amino acids
Detoxifies poisons

37
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Vacuoles

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Membrane-bound sac for storage and transport

Vacuoles are bigger than vesicles

38
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Vesicle

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Membrane-bound sac that functions in cellular storage and transport.
Can fuse with membranes

39
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Central vacuole

A

Plant cell storage compartment
Holds water
macromolecule degradation

40
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Mitochondria

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Uses energy stored in chemical bonds to carry out cellular respiration and make ATP

41
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Matrix

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Area inside of the inner membrane of the mitochondria

42
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Inner membrane of the mitochondria

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Membrane of the mitochondria that has cristae

43
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ATP synthesis

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Happens in the inner membrane of the mitochondria

44
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Outer memebrane

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Outside memebrane of a cell

45
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Inner membrane space

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Space between the 2 cell memebranes in mitochondria

46
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Cristae

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Folds in the inner memebrane of the mitochondria

47
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Cellular respiration

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Energy is released from bonds to make ATP

48
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Stroma

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Fluid in chloroplasts

49
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Carry out photosynthesis

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Chloroplasts

50
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Thylakoids

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Fluidfilled memebrane sacs in chloroplasts

51
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Granum

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Stack of thylakoids

52
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Motor Proteins

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Carry cellular materials

53
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Cellular metabolism

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All reactions in the cell

54
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Cell wall

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Layer of protection that provides structure and prevents against dehydration

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