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Smallest unit of an organism

What is a cell?

The length of time an organism is

expected to live its life

What is life span?

Anything that causes some change in an

organism

What is a stimulus?

Any living thing

What is an organism?

The regulation of an organism’s

internal condition no matter what.

What is homeostasis?

A group of similar species

What is a genus?

The largest group of classification.

What is a kingdom?

Field guides and dichotomous keys

What are two tools for identifying

organisms?

The two-word naming system used to classify

living things

What is binomial nomenclature?

How an organism changes over time

What is phylogeny?

Leeuwenhoek

Who is Dutch merchant who

made first usable microscope?

He hypothesized that cells divide form new cells.

Who is Rudolf Virchow?

He used a microscope to

study plant parts.

Who is Matthias Schleiden?

He cut a cork and named what he saw

“cells”.

Who is Robert Hooke?

Name the parts of the cell theory.

All organisms are made up of cells,

basic unit of organization, all come

from cells.

Allowed the creator to see clear

images of tiny organisms.

What is Leeuwenhoek’s

microscope?

Magnifies up to 1,000,000X

What is transmission

electron microscope?

When viewed, certain cell

structures glow using this

What is Fluorescence microscope?

This microscope sweeps a beam of

electrons over specimen’s surface.

What is a Scanning Electron

Microscope?

Emphasizes slight differences in a

specimen’s capacity to bend light waves?

What is a Phase-Contrast

Microscope?

A protective layer surrounding every

cell.

What is the cell membrane?

The director of all cellular activities.

What is the nucleus?

Energy released by this after food is

broken down.

What is the mitochondria?

They sort proteins and other cellular

substances, package them into vesicles.

What are the Golgi bodies?

Contain digestive chemicals that help

break down food molecules.

What are lysosomes?

A strand of hereditary material

surrounded by a protein.

What is a virus?

Inactive virus

What is a latent virus?

Carried by wind, inhaled, eaten, rubbed in eyes

What are ways a virus reaches a

host body?

Proteins that protect cells from

viruses.

What are interferons?

Made from weakened virus particles that cause your body to make interferons.

What are vaccines?

Make your wager

Created the two-word naming system used to classify living

things.

Who is Carolus Linnaeus?