What is the purpose of a microscope?
Magnifying images
Looking at small things
Which type of organisms (prokaryotic or eukaryotic) are usually smaller, simpler, and unicellular?
Prokaryotic Cells
What is the function of the mitochondria?
Creates energy
Powerhouse of the cell
Animal and plant cells both store their DNA in a _________________
Nucleus
What does active transport need that passive transport does not?
Energy
Why did we need to soak cells in methylene blue before putting them under the microscope?
To dye them OR so we can see them
Eukaryotes have their DNA in the ____________ while prokaryotes have their DNA in the ________________
Nucleus, Cytoplasm
What is the function of vacuoles/vesicles?
Store and move materials for the cell
Animal and plant cells are both (eukaryotes or prokaryotes)
Eukaryotes
Passive transport goes from ______ to ______ concentrations (with the concentration gradient)
high to low
When you move the slide to the left, the image in the microscope moves to the ___________
Right
Prokaryotes do not contain _____________-bound organelles
Membrane
What is the function of ribosomes?
Creates proteins
The _________ __________ causes plant cells to be rectangular in shape
Cell walls
The cell membrane is made mostly of ___________
lipids (phospholipid bilayer)
If you have a 10X eyepiece and a 6X objective lens, what is the total magnification (power) of your microscope?
60X
Name 2 types of organisms that are eukaryotic
Plants OR Animals OR Fungi OR Protists
What is the function of the flagella?
Movement
Plant cells need a larger, central ______________ to store all of the water they need
Vacuole
Osmosis is the facilitated diffusion of ____________ across the membrane
water
Which 3 organelles were we able to see in our microscope's image?
Nucleus, Cell Membrane, Cytoplasm
Which FOUR organelles do ALL cell types have?
Cell membrane, Cytoplasm, Ribosomes, DNA
What is the function of the lysosomes?
Break down cell waste
The function of ______________ in plant cells is photosynthesis (turning water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen)
Chloroplasts
In a hypertonic solution, the cell ___________ because water _________ the cell
shrinks, leaves