Characteristics of Life
An organism that has one cell
What is unicellular?
Canis familiaris
What is the scientific name?
Uses multiple lenses to magnify the image of an object
What is a compound microscope?
Trees are members of this kingdom
What is Plantae?
A compound microscope with a 10x ocular lens and a 4x objective lens has a total magnification of
What is 40x?
The characteristic that does NOT apply to all living things
What is the ability to reproduce by dividing?
Shows the relationships among organisms
What is a cladogram?
Uses electrons to study the surface of an object
What is SEM?
The kingdom __________ includes squirrels.
What is animalia?
A compound microscope has a 10x ocular lens and a 40x objective lens the blood cells appear how much larger
What is 400 times larger?
The term that describes the changes that occur in an organism during its lifetime
What is development?
Gives each organism a two-word scientific name
What is binomial nomenclature?
Knowledge of cells
What is a discovery made possible by microscopes?
Mushrooms are members of this kingdom
What is Fungi?
The ocular lens on a microscope has a power of 10x. The microscope makes objects appear 500 times larger. The power of the objective lens is
What is 50x?
The characteristic that applies to all living things
What is energy?
A series of questions used to identify organisms
What is a dichotomous key?
This microscope could be used to study the movement of protists in water
What is compound?
Makes an object larger than it is
What is magnification?
A student observes a unicellular organism with a microscope that has a 10x ocular lens. The microscope makes it look 1000 times larger, the power of the objective lens is
What is 100x?
Organization, Growth and Development, Reproduction, Response to Stimuli, Homeostasis, Use of energy
What are the characteristics of life?
A group of similar species
What is a genus?
To study living specimens
What is reasons to choose a compound microscope over an electron microscope?
Shows how clearly the magnified image/object can be seen
What is resolution?
A microscope has an objective lens with a power of 50x and the object appears 250 times larger, the power of the ocular lens is
What is 5x?