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Vocabulary:7
Jt hardwick
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cells | any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. |
| Anton Von Leeuwenhoek | dutch microscopist who was the first too look at bacteria and protists. |
| Robert Hooke | English philosopher, microscopist, and physicist |
| Cell theory | a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms. |
| Prokaryotes | prokaryotes Use Prokaryotes in a sentence pro·kar·y·ote [proh-kar-ee-oht, -ee-uht] Show IPA noun any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, |
| Eukaryotes | eukaryotes Use Eukaryotes in a sentence eu·kar·y·ote [yoo-kar-ee-oht, -ee-uht] Show IPA noun Biology . any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, |
| Eyepiece | Lens on a microscope where you look into to examine. |
| Objectives | nobs on microscope that help with magnification |
| Nosepiece | the part of a microscope to which the objectives are attached. |
| Coarse adjustment | When you need to make a large change in the image to make it more clear. |
| Fine adjustment | When you need to make a small adjustment to the image to make it more clear. |
| Diaphragm | Controls how much light is available. |
| Stage | Where the object rests |