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Microscopes
Classification
Protists
Mitosis
Stem Cells
100
The type of microscope we use in class is called….. (simple, compound or stereo microscope)
What is a compound microscope?
100
Name one of the Kingdoms of the Eukarya domain.
What is the(Protist, Animal, Plant or Fungi) Kingdom?
100
This type of protist needs a host to live off of.
What is a parasite?
100
This is the phase of mitosis where the chromosomes are being duplicated (copied).
What is interphase?
100
This is what we call a very early organism..immediately after fertilization.
What is an embryo?
200
This is the part of the microscope on which you place the slide.
What is the stage?
200
This Domain and Kingdom has organisms that live in very extreme conditions, such as hot, gaseous vents deep in the ocean.
What is Archaea?
200
This is a the name of a protist that often has 2 nuclei and moves by means of cilia.
What is a paramecium (or ciliate)?
200
This structure joins sister chromatids.
What is a centromere?
200
This type of adult cell in the body has been determined.
What is a somatic cell?
300
You may only use the fine-adjustment focus when using this objective lens.
What is high-power?
300
This Kingdom contains organisms that are multicellular and are autotrophs.
What is the Plant Kingdom?
300
These are unicellular organisms with glass-like cell-walls that float on the surface of lakes or oceans.
What is a diatom?
300
The phase illustrated in the diagram on the board.
What is metaphase?
300
Throughout development, the process by which an embryo increases in size.
What is mitosis?
400
The total power of magnification if the objective lens had a power of 50x.
What is 500x?
400
The organisms in this Kingdom can be unicellular or multicellular and are often sessile.
What is the Fungi Kingdom?
400
The "foot-like" extension of an amoeba, used for movement.
What is a pseudopod?
400
The result of cytokinesis.
What is daughter cells?
400
Name a use for Stem Cells.
What is treatment of disease, spinal chord injuries, development of new drugs.
500
The type of microscope used to magnify things up to 2,000,000x.
What is an Electron Scanning Microscope?
500
The name given to the classification of living things based on evolution.
What is phylogeny?
500
These are found in freshwater and saltwater. Commonly called "seaweed".
What is algae? (Red green or brown)
500
The three reasons cells undergo mitosis.
What is growth, repair and replacement?
500
The ability of scientists to make cells "forget" what they are and act like a stem cell.
What is pluiropotency?