Topic 1-3 Unit 2 Review

Question 1

Cell

Answer 1

The smallest unit that can perform the functions of life.

Question 2

Magnify

Answer 2

To make an object appear larger by using a microscope or another magnifying instrument.

Question 3

Microscopes

Answer 3

An instrument that makes objects appear larger by bending light through a lens.

Question 4

Wet Mount

Answer 4

A type of sample preparation using a microscope slide, a coverslip, and water.

Question 5

Multicellular

Answer 5

Having many cells.

Question 6

Unicellular

Answer 6

Having many cells.

Question 7

Organelles

Answer 7

a structure within a cell that has a specific function.

Question 8

Cell membrane

Answer 8

The selectively permeable structure enclosing the contents of a cell or organelle; regulates the passage of substances into and out of a cell or organelle.

Question 9

Cytoplasm

Answer 9

the gel-like substance within the cell membrane that contains and supports the structures of the cell

Question 10

Nucleus

Answer 10

in a cell, an organelle that controls all the cell’s activities

Question 11

Vacuoles

Answer 11

in a cell, a fluid-filled organelle that stores water, food, wastes, and other materials

Question 12

Cell wave

Answer 12

a rigid structure surrounding the cell membrane of

plants, fungi, and some unicellular organisms; protects and supports the cell

Question 13

Cellulose

Answer 13

the tough, carbohydrate material that in large part makes up the cell walls of many plants and fungi

Question 14

Chloroplasts

Answer 14

an organelle (cell part) that contains chlorophyll and enables plants to make carbohydrates through the process of photosynthesis; found only in plants and in some unicellular