Organelles
Control center of the cell?
What is the nucleus?
This piece of equipment magnifies small objects, often used to observe cells or tissues in detail.
What is a microscope?
This technique is used to transfer small amounts of liquid, often using a tool with a disposable plastic tip.
What is pipetting?
True or false: Eukaryotic do not have a nucleus
What is false?
The president of Iowa State
Who is Wendy Wintersteen?
Surrounds each cell of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Cell membrane
What is a Bunsen Burner?
A method used to separate DNA fragments by size, where the samples are placed into wells in a gel and an electric current is applied.
What is gel electropheresis?
Organelle that creates energy for the cell
What is mitochondria?
One of the largest residence halls in the nation.
What is Friley Hall?
Cells in a solution that is MORE concentrated than their own cytoplasm
What is hypertonic?
Item used to transfer very small amounts of liquid
What is a micropipette?
This process involves the uptake and incorporation of foreign DNA by a cell, often used in genetic engineering to alter the cell’s genetic makeup.
What is transformation?
Rough endoplasmic reticulum has what attached to it?
What are ribosomes?
If you step on this, it's rumored you'll fail your next exam.
What is the zodiac?
This organelle is gel like and holds organelles in the cell
What is cytoplasm?
A device that spins samples at high speeds to separate substances based on densities
What is a centrifuge?
A technique where bacteria are spread on an agar plate to isolate single colonies for further analysis.
What is streak plating?
This process allows water to move through the "semi permeable" membrane of the cell to balance solutes
What is osmosis?
A student officially becomes an Iowa Stater when he or she is kissed under the campanile at the stroke of midnight
What is campaniling?
What is the lysosome?
gel-like substance used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures.
What is an agarose plate?
This technique involves heating and cooling DNA to replicate it many times, commonly used for amplifying DNA in molecular biology.
What is PCR (polymerase chain reaction)?
What happens to a protein if it is exposed to a temperature outside of its range of tolerance?
What is denature?
Extremely important experiment and findings that took place in the basement of Gilman Hall
What is the Manhattan Project?