A | B |
cell | smallest unit that can live |
compound microscope | magnifies up to 1,500x |
electron microscope | magnifies up to 500,000x |
scanning electron microscope | broad view |
transmission electron microscope | detailed view |
Anton van Leeuwenhoek | created a simple light microscope in 1600s |
Cell Theory #1 | all living things are composed of oner or more cells. |
Cell Theory #2 | cells are the basic units of structure and function in an organism. |
Cell Theory #3 | Cells come only from reproduction of existing cells |
human beings | spend 1/2 hour as single cell |
egg | only single cell in human body |
cell size | determined by surface to volume ratio |
prokaryote | no membrane bound organelles (bacteria) |
eukaryote | membrane bound organelles |
four eukaryote kingdoms | animal, plant, fungi, cartista |
organelle | structure within a cell that carries out a specific function |
phospholipid bilayer | cells surrounded by aqueous environment, inside and out |
peripheral proteins | inside and out of membrane |
integral | embedded in membrane |
docking stations for hormones | specific cells where they go to |
plasma membrane model (fluid mosaic model) | cycle or flow of how things are put together |