Biology Basics
What does the prefix bio- mean?
life
What is the study of ecosystems and how living organisms interact?
Ecology
What is the ability to maintain steady internal conditions?
homeostasis
What do you call an instrument that uses lenses to magnify small objects so that they can be seen easily?
microscope
What holds the slide in place on the stage?
stage clips
What is another name for life science?
Biology
What is the study of plants?
botany
What is an example of an internal stimuli?
hunger, thirst, etc.
When looking at a image under a microscope (other than bigger) how will it appear?
upside down and backwards
What is the name of the part of the microscope that we look through that magnifies 10x?
Eye piece
the study of life
What do you call the study of heredity?
Genetics
What do you call something that has all the characteristics of life?
an organism
What is the ability to distinguish between two objects?
Double: what do you use to adjust it on the microscope
resolution
Double: fine/course adjustment knobs
What 2 parts do you carry a microscope with?
What do you call a scientist who studies living things?
biologist
What are 3 things a microbiologist might study?
bacteria, cells, viruses, immunity, protist, protozoans, DNA, etc.
Which of the 6 characteristics means the ability to increase in size and ability?
growth and development
What is 1 difference between compound light and electron microscopes?
light versus electrons
alive/dead versus only dead
1500x versus 100,000-200,000x
What part of our microscope adjusts the magnification?
objective lenses
What is the sphere of the earth that contains all living things?
biosphere
What are 3 branches of zoology?
entomology, ichthyology, ornithology, herpetology, anatomy, physiology, mammalogy
Name 3 of the 6 characteristics of life.
Double points for all 6.
Organization (cells), growth and development, reproduction, respond to stimuli, homeostasis, metabolism (energy)
Name 1 of the early microscope inventors and what they did?
Hans Lippershey- early microscopes and telescope
Hand & Zacharias Janssen- first compound microscope
Robert Hooke- compound light microscope and named cells from looking at cork
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek- first to look at living cells using simple light microscope
What part of our microscope adjusts the resolution?
adjustment knobs