F211 Module 1 Cells

When did Robert Hooke develop the compound microscope?

What is a compound microscope?

What did Hooke use the microscope to examine and what did he see?

Who created The Cell Theory and when was it accepted?

Who extended The Cell Theory and what did it state?

What is magnification?

What is resolution?

How do light microscopes work?

What is the maximum magnification of a light microscope?

What is the maximum resolution of a light microscope?

Why are samples stained?

Why are samples sectioned?

What is a micrometre used to measure?

How big is the average animal cell?

What are nanometres used to measure?

What is the average width of a cell surface membrane?

What is the average diameter of a ribosome?

How big is the average virus?

What is the resolution of the human eye?

What is the resolution of an electron microscope?

What is a graticule?

How is magnification worked out?

How do electron microscopes work?

What is a TEM?

What is an SEM?

What are the advantages of electron microscopes?

What are the limitations of electron microscopes?

What are the 7 characteristics of living things?

What are organelles?

What is the division of labour?

What is the cytoskeleton?

What are microtubules?

What are flagella/undulipodia and cilia?

Which are longer - undulipodia or cilia?

What are vesicles?

What are vacuoles for in plant cells?

What are plant cell walls made of?

What is the structure of the nucleus?

What is the function of the nucleus?

What is the structure of endoplasmic reticulum?

What is the function of ER?

What is the structure of the golgi apparatus?

What is the function of the golgi apparatus?

What is the structure of the mitochondria?

What is the function of the mitochondria?

What is the structure of chloroplasts?

What is the function of chloroplasts?

What is the structure of lysosomes?

What is the function of lysosomes?

What is the structure of ribosomes?

What is the function of ribosomes?