Microscopes
Cells and Cell Theory
Characteristics of Life
Classifying Organisms
Chance
100
What type of microscope is shown:
Compound microscope
100
The smallest unit of life?
Cell.
100
How many characteristics of life are there?
6
100
The two word naming system of all species is known as what?
binomial nomenclature.
100
How are protists different from all other eukaryotes?
simple cells
200
Who was the first person to discover cells using a microscope?
Robert Hooke
200
What are the two types of cells discussed in class.
prokaryotic and eukaryotic
200
Organisms must be able to make one or more new organisms of the same species, this is known as which characteristic of life?
Reproduction
200
Which of the following insects has two pairs of wings, a hard forewing, and does not have forceps on the abdomen?
Beetles
200
What is the name of the scientist who formed the binomial nomenclature naming system?
Carolus Linneaous
300
Why did Robert Hooke give cells their name? (Why are cells called cells)
It reminded him of the rooms that monks lived in called cells.
300
What are the 3 parts of the cell theory?
All living things are made of one or more cells.
The cell is the smallest unit of life.
All new cells come from pre-existng cells.
300
AN ORGANISM’S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN STABLE INTERNAL CONDITIONS WHEN OUTSIDE CONDITIONS CHANGE, is an example of which characteristic of life?
Homeostasis
300
We classify organisms into hierarchical groups, list the 8 groups in order from largest (most inclusive) to smallest.
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
300
What is the name of the part of the microscope that allows more or less light to shine up on the slide?
Diaphragm
400
What are the two types of electron microscopes?
Scanning Electron Microscope and Transmission Electron Microscope
400
What famous scientist is rumored to have burned the only portrait of Robert Hooke, as well as hiding some of his research.
Newton
400
All living organisms can respond to stimuli, give me the two types of stimuli, and an example of each.
Internal stimuli
External stimuli
400
Above is the taxonomy for a Black-footed cat (Gyra), what order does this cat belong to?
Carnivora
400
Name three ways a microscope changes the image of a slide.
Size
Upside down
Inverted
500
How do SEM and TEM differ?
Scanning electron microscopes let you see the outside of a cell in 3D, while transmission electron microscopes let you see a slice of the inside of a cell.
500
These two scientists are credited with developing the cell theory. Tell me their names, and what they studied.
Matthias Schleiden botanist, plants
Theodor Schwann physiologist, animals
500
List three things our cells require energy to do.
TRANSPORT SUBSTANCES
MAKE NEW CELLS
PERFORM CHEMICAL REACTIONS
500
Name the six kingdoms
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
500
Schwann cells, are sometimes found on this type of cell, that helps transmit messages.
Nerve cell