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Microscope Parts
Vocabulary
Cell Theory (Double)
Organelles 1
Organelles 2
100
What part supports the microscope and is held when the microscope is carried?
The arm
100
What is the process of taking material into the cell by means of infoldings of the cell membrane?
Endocytosis
100
Who was the first scientist to see a cell through a compound light microscope and named them "cells" (which means "little rooms" in Latin)?
Robert Hooke
100
What is the center of the atom which contains the protons and neutrons and controls the cell's activities?
The nucleus
100
What is the site where proteins are assembled?
The ribosomes
200
What is the bottom part of the microscope?
The base
200
What is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane?
Osmosis
200
Who was the first person to observe living cells under a microscope in pond water and called them "animalcules"?
Anton van Leuwenhoek
200
What is the portion of the cell outside of the nucleus?
The cytoplasm
200
What is the site where lipid components of the cell membrane are assembled?
The endoplasmic reticulum
300
What allows you to view the image on the stage and magnifies by 10?
The eyepiece
300
What is an organism that contains a nucleus?
An eukaryote
300
Who was the German botanist who concluded that all plants are made up of cells?
Matthias Schleiden
300
What packages food energy into molecules called ATP?
The mitochondria
300
What is the cell's cleanup crew?
The lysosomes
400
What part holds the objective lenses and is able to rotate to change magnification?
The nosepiece
400
What is an unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus?
A prokaryote
400
Who was the German zoologist who concluded that all animals are made of cells?
Theodor Schwann
400
What is the storage part of the cell?
The vacuole
400
What modifies, sorts, and packages proteins?
The Golgi apparatus
500
What part of the microscope supports the slide?
The stage
500
What is a threadlike structure within the nucleus that contains genetic information?
The chromosomes
500
Who was the German physician who concluded that all cells are made of previously existing cells?
Rudolf Virchow
500
What protects the cell and controls what goes in and out of it?
The cell membrane
500
What is the semi-permeable outer layer of a plant cell?
The cell wall