Cell Structure
The part of the cell that is responsible for controlling most cell processes
What is the nucleus?
Passive transport is
What is the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy?
How single-celled organisms maintain homeostasis
What is by growing, responding to the environment, transforming energy, and reproducing?
The part of a microscope is used to magnify the image
What is the objective lens?
The first point of the cell theory
What is all living things are made up of cells?
The organelles that are involved in making and transporting proteins
What are ribosomes and the endoplasmic reticulum?
How osmosis works
What is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane?
The role specialized cells play in multicellular organisms
What is they perform specific functions and communicate with each other to maintain homeostasis?
How light microscopes produce magnified images
What is by using lenses to focus light?
According to the cell theory, what are cells considered
What are the basic units of structure and function in living things?
How prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic cells
What is prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus, whereas eukaryotic cells do?
The difference between active transport and passive transport
What is active transport requires energy, while passive transport does not?
The function of the cell membrane in maintaining homeostasis
What is it regulates what enters and leaves the cell?
The two types of electron microscopes are
What are transmission and scanning electron microscopes?
How new cells produced according to the cell theory
What is from existing cells?
The functions of the vacuoles, lysosomes, and cytoplasm in a cell
What are storage, breakdown of waste, and cellular structure/support?
Protein pumps are
What are mechanisms that move substances against their concentration gradient using energy?
How the cytoskeleton contributes to homeostasis
What is it helps the cell maintain its shape and aids in the transport of materials?
The function of chemical stains in microscopy
What is to make transparent cells and their parts visible?
True or False: Cells can produce independently through cellular division.
What is False?
Compare the roles of chloroplasts and mitochondria
What is chloroplasts convert sunlight into food, while mitochondria convert food into usable energy?
Describe endocytosis and exocytosis
What are processes that move substances into (endocytosis) and out of (exocytosis) the cell?
How cells work together in a multicellular organism to maintain homeostasis
What is they coordinate their activities to ensure survival and proper function of the organisms?
How microscopes help in the study of cells
What is by allowing scientists to observe microscopic structures and processes?
The first to observe living microorganisms
Who is Anton van Leeuwenhoek?