Bio U:3 Q:1

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Epidermis

An outer covering of cells

Vacuole

Large storage structures

Galileo used what subject to examine the principles of lenses, thus improving on previous attempts at magnification?

Mathematics

Cytoplasm

All cellular material outside the nucleus

Very little has changed in the structure of light microscopes since the 1840's, when an American named, ___________, was able to significantly improve the quality of the magnified images with his microscopes.

Charles Spencer

Nucleus

Control center of the cell

Cell theory

Each cell possesses a life of its own

Organism

Functional plant or animal

Cell wall

Outer covering around a plant cell made of fibrous material

One difference between human cheek cells and onion cells is

The absence of a cell wall in human cells

Life cannot be defined by the physical sciences

True

Schleiden and Schwann believed that

cells were the basic unit of life

a binocular has how many eyepieces?

two

Who was the first person to carefully document observations of blood cells, sperm cells, and other microorganisms?

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Plasma Membrane

Controls what comes into and goes out of the cell

Who was the first man to use the term cells to describe tiny compartments in the cork?

Robert Hooke

Nucleolus

Small structure(s) within nucleus

Organismal theory

A functioning organism represents life

Who were sixteenth century eyeglass makers that experimented with glass lenses and a tube and found that objects could be magnified greatly?

Hans and Zaccharias Janssen

Three disadvantages to using an electron microscope to view microorganisms:

High price, time consuming specimen preparation, and you can not view a living organism.

The Bible states that man was created in the _________ of God, and therefore is far more than just the collection of cells that make up his body

Image

The electron microscope was invented in Germany during the 1930's by ___________.

Max Knott and Ernst Ruska

What is the order of these objects as it occurs in a microscope, beginning with the eye to the specimen on the stage. First- Second- Third- Fourth- Fifth-

Ocular Lens Body Tube Revolving Nosepiece Objective Lens Coverslip

The Cell Theory states that the cell is the basic unit of life, while the Organismal Theory states that the organism is the basic unit of life.

True

an ocular lens is

a lens found in the eyepiece of a microscope

monocular is

a single body tube in a microscope

resolving power is the

ability to tell two points apart

an optical microscope

magnifies and object using light and lenses

an electron microscope

magnifies using streams of electrons

an objective lens is the

magnifying lens closest to the specimen

The Bible teaches that

our bodies were created, then had life breathed into them


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