front 1 What is a Eukaryotic Cell? | back 1 it has a complex cell structure, they are animal and plant cells. |
front 2 What is a Prokaryotic Cell? | back 2 it is small with a simple cell structure, they are bacterial cells. |
front 3 What is the Nucleus? | back 3 It contains DNA in the form of chromosomes that control the cells activities. |
front 4 What is DNA? | back 4 It is genetic material |
front 5 What is the Cytoplasm? | back 5 It is a gel like substance where most of the body's chemical reactions happen |
front 6 What is the Mitrochondria? | back 6 It is the power house of the cell and the site of cellular respiration |
front 7 What is a Ribosome? | back 7 It is where proteins are made in the cell |
front 8 What is the Cell Membrane? | back 8 It holds the cell together and controls what goes in and out of the cell. |
front 9 What is a Rigid Cell Wall? | back 9 It gives support to the cell and is made of cellulose |
front 10 What is Chloroplast? | back 10 Where Photosynthesis occurs. It contains a green substance called chlorophyll. |
front 11 What is Chromosonal DNA? | back 11 It's one long circular chromosome which controls the cell's activities and replication. It floats free in the cytoplasm (not in a nucleus) |
front 12 What is a Plasmid? | back 12 Small loops of extra DNA that aren't part of the chromosome. |
front 13 What are Microscopes used for? | back 13 To magnify images and increase the resolution on images. |
front 14 What does Resolution mean? | back 14 It is how well a microscope distinguishes between two points that are close together. It means it can increase the detail you can see |
front 15 When were light microscopes invented? | back 15 the 1590s |
front 16 When were electron microscopes invented? | back 16 the 1930s |
front 17 Which microscope allows us to see things as tiny as plasmids or viruses? | back 17 electron microscope |