| A | B |
| Micron Equivalent | 1/1000 |
| nm | unit for electron microscope |
| max mag = 1000x | compound microscope |
| Stereoscope | has 2 light sources, view larger specimens |
| SEM | thin coat of metal applied to specimen |
| STM | scans the surface |
| TEM | can view up to 100,000x - must be sliced |
| Endoplasmic Reticulum | transports proteins |
| Ribosomes | site of protein synthesis |
| Vesicle | package of proteins - breaks from golgi |
| Golgi Body | process & package protein |
| Robert Brown | first to view a nucleus |
| Anton van Leewenhoek | observed "animalcules" |
| Galileo Galilei | one of the 1st to use microscope for biology |
| Theodor Schwann | "animals and plants are made of cells" |
| Robert Hooke | named them "cells" |
| total magnification | eye piece x objective |
| nucleus | bacteria cells lack |
| mitochondria | energy for cell |
| surface area | limits cell growth |