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7.1 and 7.3 Vocab
Vocabulary Review for 7.1 and 7.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cell | Basic unit of life |
| Compound light microscope | Lenses and light to magnify |
| Cell theory | Three principles about cells thought of in the 1600s by Hooke, Schleiden and Schwann |
| Electron microscope | microscope using a beam of electrons |
| prokaryote | no membranes/no nuclei |
| eukaryote | membranes/nuclei/multicellular usually |
| nucleus | central control of a cell |
| cell wall | plant cell's rigid boundary |
| chromatin | dna |
| nucleolus | makes ribosomes and is in the nucleus |
| ribosomes | sites where the cell produces proteins according to DNA |
| cytoplasm | clear gel-like fluid in a cell |
| endoplasmic reticulum | site of cellular reactions |
| golgi apparatus | where proteins go after they're made |
| vacuoles | storage center in a cell |
| lysosomes | organelle that contains digestive enzymes |
| chloroplasts | plant cell organelle that creates a cell's energy from light |
| plastids | storage organelles; a group of organells |
| chlorophyll | traps light energy in a chloroplast |
| mitochondria | transforms energy in a cell |
| cytoskeleton | support structure in a cell |
| microtubules | thin hollow tubes made of proteins that create structure in a nucleus of an animal cell |
| microfilaments | smaller, solid protein fibers |
| cilia | short, numerous, and hair-like |
| flagella | longer than cilia with a whip-like motion |