A Microscopic Topic
Microscopes have the ability to make things larger, which is termed this.
What is magnification?
This scientist used a simple microscope to study "animalcules." If only his research participants had brushed their teeth...
Who is Leeuwenhoek?
The jelly-like area outside of the nucleus in eukaryotes and throughout the whole cell in prokaryotes is termed the what?
What is the cytoplasm?
The tough, non-living border that surrounds some cells is termed this. (Trump supporters would not want it "torn down.")
What is the cell wall?
Chloroplasts
What are plants?
Beams of electrons are powerful and help scientists see slides with these types of microscopes.
What are electron microscopes?
Cork cells and compound microscopes were trademarks of this English scientist.
Who is Robert Hooke?
The organelles that make proteins for all cell types are termed these.
What are ribosomes?
The brain of the cell that controls cellular activities in eukaryotes is termed this, and it is surrounded by a nuclear envelope.
What is the nucleus?
Nucleus
What are plants and animals (and humans)?
How clearly we can see an image or slide through a microscope is termed this.
What is resolution?
Schwann said all of these have cells, which makes sense today.
What are animals?
Inherited from our mother, these organelles convert food energy into cellular energy to makes us feel like "powerhouses."
What are mitochondria?
This "highway" of organelles receives proteins and carbohydrates and sends them to the Golgi bodies for processing.
What are the endoplasmic reticula (plural)?
Or, what is the endoplasmic reticulum (singular)?
Cell Wall
What are plants and bacteria?
Made of several parts, the cell _______ is an explanation describing the properties of cells and the characteristics of the organisms that contain them.
What is theory?
The German-Russian scientist who said cells must come from other cells is who?
Who is Rudolf Virchow?
Similar to a post office, these organelles receive proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and send them off to the rest of the cell.
What are the Golgi bodies?
This organelle makes ribosomes, which are essential to the health of the organism.
What is the nucleolus?
Cell Membrane
What are ALL cells?
A microscope has a lens of 30 and a lens of 10 (in terms of magnification strength). What is the total magnification strength of the microscope?
What is 300?
"All plants have cells." This statement is attributed to which European scientist?
Who is Matthias Schleiden?
Inside the nucleus of the cell, we would find proteins attached to DNA, this combination is termed what?
What is chromatin?
_____________ store water and wastes in plants and animals. While, ___________ break down wastes and act as the cell's garbage can. Finally, the _____________ is like the "window" of the cell to let some substances in while keeping some substances out.
What are vacuoles, lysosomes, and the cell membrane?
Mitochondria