Life Is Cellular Vocabulary

Cell

• the basic units of living things

• the smallest particle on Earth

• the basic unit of living and nonliving things

• a fundamental concept of biology

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The three parts of the Cell Theory are...

• Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things

• Cells are specialized in eukaryotic cells

• All living things are made of cells

• New cells are produced form existing cells

• Prokaryotic cells do not have a membrane bound nucleus

Cell Membrane

• rigid structure that surrounds the cell

• thin flexible barrier that surrounds the cell

• the basic unit of life

• a membrane bound organelle that houses DNA

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Select all of the following that pertain to the nucleus of a cell...

• Large membrane enclosed structure that contains genetic material (DNA)

• A large membrane enclosed structure packages and exports proteins from the cell

• Found in eukaryotic cells

• Found in prokaryotic cells

• The powerhouse of the cell

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Select all of the following that explain eukaryotic cells

• do not have membrane enclosed nucleus

• larger and more complex than prokaryotes

• has a membrane enclosed nucleus

• is only multicellular

• can be single celled or multicellular

Select all that explain a prokaryotic cell

• Has a membrane enclosed nucleus to store genetic material

• Does not have a membrane enclosed nucleus to store genetic material

• smaller and less complex than eukaryotes

• only single cellular

• can be single cellular or multicellular

Choose the answer that is most correct about Light microscopes

• uses only two lenses to magnify an object

• can only view nonliving specimens

• can only view living specimens

• use light focused by two lenses to magnify images

Choose the answer that is most correct about Electron microscopes

• uses beams of electrons focused by a magnetic field to magnify image

• uses light to magnify image

• Uses light and two glass lenses to magnify image

• shows only one dimensional image of specimen

Microscopes that uses beams of electrons show a 2 dimensional image of a non-living specimen that is sliced extremely thin and placed in a vacuum is called __________.

Microscopes that use beams of electrons to make a 3 dimensional image of the surface of a specimen placed in a vacuum is called _____________.