Organelles
Lab Equipment
Lab Techniques
Cell Biology
Iowa State
100

Control  center of the cell?

What is the nucleus?

100

This piece of equipment magnifies small objects, often used to observe cells or tissues in detail.

What is a microscope?

100

This technique is used to transfer small amounts of liquid, often using a tool with a disposable plastic tip.

What is pipetting?

100

True or false: Eukaryotic do not have a nucleus

What is false?

100

The president of Iowa State

Who is Wendy Wintersteen?

200

Surrounds each cell of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Cell membrane

200
Flame that is often used to heat and sterilize items

What is a Bunsen Burner?

200

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?

200

Organelle that creates energy for the cell

What is mitochondria?

200

One of the largest residence halls in the nation.

What is Friley Hall?

300

Cells in a solution that is MORE concentrated than their own cytoplasm

What is hypertonic?

300

Item used to transfer very small amounts of liquid

What is a micropipette?

300

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?

300

Rough endoplasmic reticulum has what attached to it?

What are ribosomes?

300

If you step on this, it's rumored you'll fail your next exam.

What is the zodiac?

400

This organelle is gel like and holds organelles in the cell

What is cytoplasm?

400

A device that spins samples at high speeds to separate substances based on densities

What is a centrifuge?

400

A technique where bacteria are spread on an agar plate to isolate single colonies for further analysis.

What is streak plating?

400

This process allows water to move through the "semi permeable" membrane of the cell to balance solutes 

What is osmosis?

400

A student officially becomes an Iowa Stater when he or she is kissed under the campanile at the stroke of midnight

What is campaniling?

500
Organelle that holds enzymes in ANIMAL CELLS ONLY

What is the lysosome?

500

gel-like substance used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures.

What is an agarose plate?

500

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)?

500

What happens to a protein if it is exposed to a temperature outside of its range of tolerance?

What is denature?

500

Extremely important experiment and findings that took place in the basement of Gilman Hall

What is the Manhattan Project?