Need To Know Vocab Flashcards
Cell
A collection of living matter enclosed by a barrier that separates the cell from it’s surroundings
Biology
Science that seeks the understanding of the living world
Stimulus
A signal to which an organism responds
Metric System
A decimal system of measurements whose units are based on certain physical standards and are scaled on multiples of 10
Microscope
Devices that produce magnified images of structures that are too small to see with the unaided eye
Compound light microscope
Add lights to pass through the specimen and use two lenses to form an image
Electron microscope
Uses beams of electrons, rather than light to produce images
Cell culture
A cell that is able to develop from a single original cell to reproduce a group of cells
Cell fractionation
Technique that separates different cell parts