Key Words Flashcards
Magnification
The action of magnifying something to make it easier to see.
Resolution
How magnified a microscope is E.G x40
Nucleus
It is the core of the cell that contains all the D.N.A
Cytoplasm
Cytoplasm is the area of the cell where chemical reactions take place
Cell membrane
Cell membrane is the edge of an cell that is semi-permeable (only lets certain things in and out)
Mitochondria
The mitochondria
Ribosomes
Ribosomes they create and store proteins
Cell wall
The cell wall is only present in certain cells and they give the user a hard structure.
Vacuole
This is the part of an plant cell that stores the food
Chloroplast
Animal cells do not have chloroplasts. Chloroplasts work to convert light energy of the Sun into sugars that can be used by cells
Eukaryotic
Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes.
prokaryotic cell
A prokaryote is a unicellular organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus, mitochondria, or any other membrane-bound organelle
Plasmid
a genetic structure in a cell that can replicate independently of the chromosomes, typically a small circular DNA strand in the cytoplasm of a bacterium or protozoan.