UNIT 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE Flashcards
who is the German scientist who concluded that all PLANTS are composed of cells.
Mattias Schleiden
who is the German scientist who declared that all ANIMAL TISSUES were made up of cells?
Theodore Schwann
who is the Prussian physician that proposed that every cell came from a cell that already existed?
Rudolf Vichow
what is cell theory?
-all organisms are composed of one or more cells.
-all cells comes from preexisting cells
what is a compound light microscope?
-utilizes series of glass lenses and visible to light to magnify image
-magnifies up to 1,000 time of actual size
what is an electron microscope?
-utilizes magnetss to aim a beam of electrons at cell to produce image
-magnifies up to 500,000 times the actual size
what are the three type of electron microscopes?
-Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
-Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
-Scanning Tunneling electron Microscope (STM)
what is transmission electron microscope?
-uses magnets to aim beam of electrons to create an image
-500,00x
-used in non-living specimen
what is scanning electrom microscope?
-produces 3d image of the cell
-used in non-living specimen
what is scanning tunneling electron microscope?
can magnify LIVING cells
describe prokaryotic cell.
-simple structure
-contains plasma membrane
-no nucleus
-does not contain membrane-bound organelles
describe eukaryotic cell.
-more complex structure
-contains plasma membrane
-have nucleus
-contains membrane-bound organelles (mitochondria and/or chloroplasts)
describe plasma membrane (cell membrane).
-thin, flexible boundary between the cell and its environment
what does the plasma membrane allows?
-allows nutrients into the cell
-allows waste to leave the cell
what is selective permeability (semi-permeable)?
plasma membrane controls the movement of substances into and out of cell
what does the semi-permeable controls?
controls the amount of..
-substance entering the cell
-substance leaving the cell
what is plasma membrane composed of?
phospholipid bilayer
what does a phospholipid molecule composed of?
-glycerol backbone
-phosphate group
-two fatty acid chains
what is fluid mosaic model?
phospholipid bilayer allows other molecule to float
what are the other components of fluid mosaic model?
-proteins
-carbs
-cholesterol
what is the main role of protein in the plasma membrane?
-provide pathways for substances to enter and leave
-transmit signals inside the cell
-act as support structure
what is the main role of cholesterol in the plasma membrane?
prevents fatty acid tails from sticking together
what is the main role of carbs to the plasma membrane?
identify chemical signals
describe cilia. what is its function?
-short, numerous projections that look like hairs
-mobility
describe flagella. what is the function of flagella?
-longer and less numerous than cilia
-create movement with a whiplikw motion
what is the main function of nucleus?
control centre of the cell
what is the main function of mitochondria?
energy release
what is the main function of golgi apparatus?
packaging and secretion
what is the main function of lysosome?
digestion
where does centrioles arise from?
region of cytoplasm called centrosome
what cell structure occur in pairs and important for cell division?
centrioles
what cell structure occur in pairs and important for cell division?
centrioles
what happens to pair of centrioles during cell division?
migrate to opposite poles of the cell and produce microtubules of the spindles
what is the main function endoplasmic reticulum?
detoxification and transport
what is the main function of ribosomes?
protein construction
what is cytoplasm?
matrix that contains all of the different organelles.
cytoplasm can be seen moving called?
cytoplasmic streaming
what does phospholipid bilayer form?
majority of the membrane
when and who are the people who proposed fluid mosaic model?
1972 by J Singer and G Nicholson
what cell structure can ONLY be found in PLANTS?
chloroplasts
chloroplasts are bound by?
double membrane called chloroplast envelope
this is inside the chloroplast, described as colorless matrix?
stroma