Vocabulary
The smallest unit of life.
What is a cell?
State the function of this organelle and in which type of cell(s) it is found:
Cell membrane
A thin layer around the cells (and some organs) which protects them and regulates the transport of substances entering and entering the cell.
Found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
All of the processes that allow living things to obtain the matter and energy they need to carry out life processes.
What is nutrition?
Some of these organic substances give us energy (like glucose) and others can form structures (like cellulose).
What are carbohydrates?
This is the part of the microscope that we use to refine the magnification.
What are the coarse and fine adjustment knobs?
All the living things on Earth. From the Greek "bios" (life) and "sphâira" (sphere).
What is the the biosphere?
State the function of this organelle and in which type of cell(s) it is found:
Cell wall
A rigid cover around the cell membrane which protects the cell and keeps its shape.
Prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic PLANT cells (NOT eukaryotic animal cells)
The process that allows living things to detect changes in their environment and respond to them.
What is sensitivity?
These organic substances control the function of the cell. For example, DNA stores all the information necessary to create a living thing.
What are nucleic acids?
(DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid)
This is the part of the microscope where we put the slide with the material we are examining.
What is the stage?
All the living things that live in a specific place. The variety of species is a consequence of the adaptations of living things.
What is biodiversity?
State the function of this organelle and in which type of cell(s) it is found:
Nucleus
A celular structure that consists of a membrane, inside which genetic material is located.
Eukaryotic cells
(Prokaryotic cells do NOT have a nucleus, rather, these cells's genetic material is found in the cytoplasm.)
The process that allows living things to produce offspring.
What is reproduction?
These organic substances are involved in many important processes and form part of structures, like muscles.
What are proteins?
These are the parts of the microscope that magnify the image of the slide.
What are the objectives and ocular lens?
An organism whose cells have a nucleus surrounded by a membrane. From the Greek "eu" (good) and "káryon" (nucleus).
What is a eukaryote?
State the function of this organelle and in which type of cell(s) it is found:
Chloroplast
The organelle in which photosynthesis occurs. It contains a green pigment called chlorophyll.
Eukaryotic PLANT cells.
These organisms cannot produce their own organic substances so they get it by feeding on other living things.
What are heterotrophs?
This inorganic substance is the most abundant substance in living things.
What is water?
This is what we use to keep our slide in place.
What is the stage clip?
Any organism, like bacteria, with clls that do not have the genetic material in a nucleus. From the Greek "pro" (before) and "kárion" (nucleus).
What is a prokaryote?
State the function of this organelle and in which type of cell(s) it is found:
Mitochondria
These organelles produce energy through cellular respiration.
Eukaryotic cells.
These organisms produce their own organic substances from inorganic substances and energy.
What are autotrophs?
Some of these organic substances form part of the structure of the cell (like cholesterol) while others store energy (like fats).
What are lipids?
This is how we calculate the magnification with which we are observing the slide.
What is multiplying the magnification of the ocular lens by the objective being used?