Cells
The basic units of structure and function in living
What is a cell?
An instrument that makes small objects look larger.
What is a microscope?
Rigid layer that surrounds the cells of a plant.
What is cell wall?
Fills the region between the cell membrane and the nucleus.
What is cytoplasm?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
What are elements?
Widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things.
What is cell theory?
The degree to which two separate structures that are close together can be distinguished.
What is resolution?
Controls which substances pass into and out of a cell.
What is cell membrane?
Helps make proteins and other substances.
Form when 2 or more elements combine chemically.
What are compounds?
All living things are composed of cells
Cells ae the basic units of structure and function in living things
All cells are produced from other cells
What does Cell Theory state?
The microscope we used in our lab.
What is a compound microscope?
What is nucleus?
Stores water, food, waste products and other materials.
What is the vacuole?
Contain the instructions that cells need to carry out al the functions of life.
What is nucleic acids?
The diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
Hooke and Leeuwehoek used this.
What is a light microscope?
They produce proteins.
What are ribosomes?
Packages and distributes materials from the ER.
What is the golgi apparatus?
Carries information about an organism and is passed from parents to offspring.
What is DNA?
The cell membrane changes shape and engulfs the particle.
What is endocytosis?
Makes objects look larger
What is magnification?
Convert energy stored in food to energy the cell can use to live and function.
What is mitochondria?
Breaks down food particles and worn out cell parts.
What is lysosomes?
Found in a lot of compounds.
What is carbon, hydrogen, or oxygen?