How do you correctly carry a microscope?
By holding the microscope by the arm and the base.
What is the purpose of the stage and stage clips on a compound light microscope?
holds the specimen and keeps the slide in place.
What is the magnification of the ocular lens on our microscopes?
10X
The changes that an organism undergoes as it grows is called development.
Multicellular organisms have a greater level of organization and the cells have specialized functions. A multicellular organism has groups of cells functioning together to perform all of the life functions for the organism. A unicellular organism has to do all of its life's functions with just one cell. TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
When a dog pants when being hot, the dog's body is trying to _______.
Maintain homeostasis
What is the purpose of the diaphragm on the microscope?
regulates the amount of light
Another term for a living thing is?
Organism
Name ALL 6 characteristics of life.
Reproduce, Organized, Maintain homeostasis, Grow and develop, responds to stimuli, uses energy.
Living things with more than one cell develop _________ functions.
specialized