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Life And Cell Itro Quiz Flashcards

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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first to observe micro organisms

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Robert Hooke

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first to observe “small chambers” in cord and call them cells

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Matthias Schleiden

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discovered that plants are made of cells

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Theodor Schwann

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discovered that animals are made of cells

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The Cell Theory

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All life is made of cells
A cell is a basic unit of life
All cells come from cells

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Compound Light Microscope

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Common lab microscope
3000x light 2D
sees living cells

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Stereomicroscope

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dissecting microscope
500x light 3D
magnifies surfaces of living things

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SEM

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scanning EM
100,00x electrons 3D
surfaces of cells, kills

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TEM

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Transmission EM
300,000x electrons 2D
interior of cells, kills

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Eukaryote

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larger & more complex, have nucleus, have many types of organelles, 2 types
animals and plant

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Prokaryote

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Smaller & simpler, no nucleus, or organelles, bacteria

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limit of resolution

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the point at which the ability to distinguish between objects blurs/is lost. Problem with light microscopes

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Microtome

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a tool used to slice materials thin for use with microscopes

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Centrifuge

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a tool used to separate materials spinning them

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cell culturing

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growing cells outside of the body in a Petri dish

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Homeostasis

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ability to maintain constant internal conditions

like blood, pH, body temperature

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HOGS EAR DEW

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Characteristics of life acronym

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Development

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progressive changes in size, shape, and function during the life of an organism

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Stimulus response

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reacting to something in the environment

sound, light, touch

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Asexual reproduction

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process of making offspring where one organism splits into two

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Sexual reproduction

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process of making offspring requiring two organisms to mate

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Unicellular

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a single celled life form

ex: bacteria

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Consumer

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organism that obtains food by eating producers or other life forms

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Producer

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an organism that makes its own food like plants using photosynthesis

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Adaptation

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a trait that allows an organism to better survive in its environment

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Excretion

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process of removing waste

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Cell

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the basic unit of life, first identified by Robert Hooke

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Rudolf Virchow

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all cells come from cells

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Micrometer

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one thousandths of a millimeter

a blood cell is 10 micrometers in size

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