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Cells and Heredity

Marvelous Microscopy

Question: I am one of the first people to observe cork cells under a microscope.
Answer: Robert Hooke

Question: This type of microscope has two lenses.
Answer: compound microscope

Question: What is the following an example of?

~All living things are made of cells.
~Cells are the basic unit and structure of all living things.
~All cells are produced from other cells.
Answer: The Cell Theory

Question: Which is the correct order of an organism going from smallest to largest.

A. body/organism, cell, tissue, body system, organ

B. cell, tissue, organ, body system, body/organism

C. organ, cell, tissue, body/organism, body system

D. tissue, cell, organ, body system, body/organism
Answer: B. cell, tissue, organ, body system, body/organism

Question: What would you need to do to find the total magnification using a microscope?
Answer: You multiply the eye piece x the objective lens.

example: 10x40= 400 magnification

Celebratory Cells!

Question: Tiny structures inside of a cell that carry out specific instructions are called….
Answer: Organelles

Question: This organelle is the control center and is responsible for all of the cell's activities.
Answer: Nucleus

Question: This organelle acts like protein factories for the cell.
Answer: Ribosome

Question: Name three ways in which a plant cell and animal cell differ.
Answer: 1. Plant cells have cell walls and animals cells do not.

2. Plant cells have Chloroplast and animal cells do not.

3. Plant cells have a cell wall and animal cells do not.

4. Plant cells have a larger vacuole than an animal cell.

Question: This organelle acts like a passage way in the cell and helps transport proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another.
Answer: Endoplasmic Reticulum

Cell in its Environment

Question: When a cell membrane allows some substances to pass through while others cannot it is said to be _____________.
Answer: selectively permeable

Question: _____________ is the process in which molecules tend to move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
Answer: Diffusion

Question: The diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane is called______________________.
Answer: Osmosis

Question: ______________ transport is the movement of materials without using any energy.
Answer: Passive

Question: Active transport is the movement of materials using energy. Name the two different types of active transport.
Answer: 1. Transport Proteins

2. Engulfing

Oh Mi-tosis!

Question: What is the term used for the regular growth and division that a cell undergoes?
Answer: Cell Cycle

Question: What are the two main reasons cells undergo the cell cycle?
Answer: ~For growth
~ To replace any worn out or injured cells.

Question: ________________ is the first part of the cell cycle where the grows to its adult size, makes a copy of its DNA and prepares to divide into two cells.
Answer: Interphase

Question: What does the term replication mean?
Answer: To make a copy of the cell's DNA

Question: The part of the cell cycle in which the nucleus divides is called ___________________.
Answer: Mitosis

Hysterical Heredity

Question: The scientific study of heredity is called_____________________.
Answer: Genetics

Question: A ___________ allele is one whose traits always shows up in the organism
Answer: Dominant

Question: What is another way of saying homozygous?
Answer: Purebred

Question: If a trait has one of each alleles (Tt) it is said to be what??
Answer: heterozygous or hybrid

Question: ________________ is when the alleles are neither dominant or recessive.
Answer: codominance