Transcript Who Wants To Be An Albert Einstein?

Who Wants To Be An
Albert Einstein?
By: Student from 2008
Categories
Microscopes
&
Cells
Info
 Questions will be presented in random order!
 Remember to keep score!
 The higher your score, the closer you become to an Einstein, Jr.
 100
Questions!
 READY?!?
 #1 What is the knob that can only be used with the LOW objective lens?
Answer: Coarse Adjustment Knob
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 #2 This cell structure controls the substances that can enter or leave the cell.
It is the Cell Membrane.
 #3 How many lenses does a SIMPLE microscope have? 1,2,3,5 or 10?
The answer is 1!
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#4 Who used drops of lake water, scrapings from teeth and gums, and water from gutters for scientific
observation?
Times up! It was Anton van Leeuwenhoek
 #5 What are cells?
Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things.
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#6 True or False, chromatin are genetic material in the nucleus that controls what goes in and what
goes out.
False! Chromatin are genetic material in the nucleus that controls the activities of the cell.
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Ready for more?
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#7 What is the dense area in a eukaryotic cell that contains nucleic acids, the chemical
instructions that direct the cell’s activities?
What is the nucleus!
 #8 What is the vacuole?
A sac inside a cell that acts as a storage area.
 #9 Next question. What is the instrument that makes small things look large?
The microscope!
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Are you flexing your brain muscles?
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# 10 A Microscope that uses a beam of electrons instead of light to produce a magnified image is
called a(n) ________ microscope.
Electron goes in that blank!
 #11 What are the 3 points of cell theory?
(A) All living things are composed of cells (B) Cells are the basics structure & function in living
things (C) All cells are produced from other cells.
 #12 Cytoplasm is…
The region between the cell membrane and the nucleus; in organisms
without a nucleus, the region located inside the cell membrane.
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You’re almost there!
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#13 What are made in the nucleolus?
 Ribosomes
#14 Deal or No Deal? Golgi Bodies are a structure in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials
from the endoplasmic reticulum, packages them, and distributes them to other parts of the cell.
 It’s a deal!
 #15 What protects the nucleus materials pass in and out of the nucleus through pores in the envelope?
 The Nuclear Membrane!
 #16 Mitochondria are…
Rod-shaped cell structures that convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions.
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Questions 17-20
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#17 Who was one of the first people to observe cells?
 Robert Hooke
 #18 Who saw “Little Animals” and what did s/he call them?
 Van Leeuwenhoek saw them and called them animalcules.
#19 What are the small, grain-like structures in the cytoplasm of a cell where proteins are made.
 Ribosome
 #20 In 1834, Schwann made this famous observation.
 All animals are made of cells.
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#21 In 1590, what scientific instrument was invented?
 The first Compound Microscope.
 #22 A _________ has more than one lens.
 Compound microscope
 # 23 Lysosome are?
Small round cell structures containing chemicals that break down large food particles
into smaller ones.
 #24 In 1855, who said, “All cells come from cells”?
 Virchow
 #25 In what year was the scanning tunneling microscope made?
 In 1981.
 #26 What is referred to as the “powerhouse” in Cell Part Poetry.
 Mitochondria
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#27 Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is adjacent to what part of a cell?
 The Nucleus
 #28 Describe the ER.
 A cell structure that forms a maze of passageways in which proteins and other
materials are carried from one part of a cell to another.
 #29 What are the things that hold the slide to the microscope?
 Stage clips
 #30 When talking about a lens, what does resolution mean?
 Resolution is the sharpness of an image
 Extra credit!
What did Hooke put under his microscope when he used it for the first time?
 Cork
 Score your self
 How did you do?