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Cell/Microscope Test
first biology test- freshman year
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Biology
Not Applicable
10/18/2005

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Term
UM stands for
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micrometer
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1000 um is equal to
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1 millimeter
Term
MM stands for
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millimeter
Term
What provides support for the cell, and is made of cellulose?
Definition
the cell wall
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What is found in the nucleous, and makes ribosomes?
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the nucleolus
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what makes lysosomes and packages proteins?
Definition
the golgi body
Term
what contains the digestive enzymes?
Definition
lysosomes
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what do paramecium move by?
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their cillia
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what are three structures that all cells have?
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cytoplasm, chromosome, cell membrane
Term
who invented the single lens microscope?
Definition
van Leeuwenhoek
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which cells do not have a nuclear membrane?
Definition
prokaryotic cells
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what is able to exmine surfaces of the entire cell, resolving power 100,000x or more?
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the electron microscope
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elodea cells have what organelle needed for photosynthesis?
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chloroplasts
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cillia and flagella possess these, involved with movement...
Definition
microtubles
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as the cell increases in size, its surface area/volume ration goes...
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as it increases, the volume grows more, in proportion to the surface area
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what structure converts energy for the cell?
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mitochondria
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what controls what enters and leaves the cell?
Definition
the cell membrane
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what connects the nucleus with the cell membrane?
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the endoplasmic reticulum
Term
who hypothesized that cells come from other cells?
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Virchow
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what is the fluid mixture that surrounds the nucleus?
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the cytoplasm
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who is credited with finding and naming cells?
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Robert Hooke
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what is the resolving power of a microscope, and how do you find it?
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the resolving power of a microscope is how much it can magnify. you find this by multiplying the amount of magnification of the eyepiece by the magnification power of the high, medium, or low. example: if you are looking under a low lens, with a 10x eyepiece, then it is 4*10=40
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what is the field of vision?
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what you can seee when you look into a microscope
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