Unit 3 Microscopes and Cells

Any variety of instruments used to magnify small objects that are difficult or impossible to observe the naked eye

• Objective

• Magnification

• Microscope

• None of These

The act of making an image appear larger

• Magnification

• Microscope

• Objective

• None of These

The basic unit of structure and function in living things

• Organelle

• Cell

• Cell Wall

• None of These

All living things are composed of cells.

The cell is the basic unit of structure and function in living things. New cells are produced from existing cells.

• Cell Theory

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• All of These

A specialized part of a cell having some specific function for the cell

• Multicellular

• Cell

• Unicellular

• Organelle

A soft, flexible structure that surrounds a cell and controls the movement of substances in and out of the cell

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Organelle

• Mitochondria

A rigid, outer covering of a plant cell

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Mitochondria

• Organelle

The structure of a cell that contains the genetic material (DNA) and controls all cell activities

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

• All of These

A structure in a cell that transforms energy in the food into a form cells can use

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Mitochondria

• All of These

A gel-like liquid that fills the empty space of the cell around the other organelles

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Chromosomes

• Cytoplasm