Slide set 1

Question 1

How old is Earth?

Answer 1

4.5 Billion Years old

Question 2

How old is life?

Answer 2

3.7 Billion years old

Question 3

Characteristics or behaviors that arise from interactions of simpler components within a system?

Answer 3

Properties of Life

Question 4

Organization, metabolism, growth, stimulation, reproduction, and adaptability are all?

Answer 4

Traits/properties of life

Question 5

Atom>Molecule>Organelle>Cell>Tissue>Organ>Organism>Population>Ecosystem>Biosphere is the>

Answer 5

Hierarchical order of complexity

Question 6

What falls into the category of an organism?

Answer 6

An assembly of molecules functioning as a stable whole that exhibits life (Multi and Unicellular)

Question 7

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 7

First person to create a microscope and observe an organism

Question 8

Robert Hooke

Answer 8

First person to use a microscope to observe living things. He discovered the cell

Question 9

What are the 3 principals of the cell theory?

Answer 9

1. composed of 1 or more cells
2. The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things
3. Cells arise only from the division of preexisting cells

Question 10

As the basic structural and functional units of all living organisms, cells carry out all the ___?

Answer 10

essential processes of life

Question 11

Cells are the basic ____ and ___ units of all living organisms

Answer 11

Functional and Structural

Question 12

All cells have ___, ____, and ____

Answer 12

Plasma membranes, Nucleic acids, and Ribosomes

Question 13

T/F All cells have a DNA containing central region?

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The DNA containing central region is surrounded by the ___?

Answer 14

Cytoplasm

Question 15

____ and ____ carry hereditary information and direct the manufacture of cellular molecules

Answer 15

DNA and RNA

Question 16

Cells use __, respond to ___ in their environment, Reproduce, and pass on _____ information?

Answer 16

Energy, environment, and hereditary

Question 17

Cells occur in ___ (anucleated) and ___ (nucleated) forms, each with distinctive structures and organization

Answer 17

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic

Question 18

Prokaryotic cells lack a ___ and have no _____

Answer 18

Nucleus and no internal compartmentalization

Question 19

Pro/Euk Nucleus?

Answer 19

Prokaryotes-No (nucleoid region)
Eukaryotes- Yes

Question 20

Pro/Euk transcription location

Answer 20

Prokaryotes-Cytoplasm
Eukaryotes-Nucleus

Question 21

Pro/Euk Translation Location

Answer 21

Both Cytoplasm

Question 22

Pro/Euk Cell membrane additions?

Answer 22

Prokaryotes-Hopanoids
Eukaryotes- Sterols (Cholesterol)

Question 23

Pro/Euk Size?

Answer 23

Prokaryotes-small
Eukaryotes-Larger

Question 24

Unicellular organisms carry out ____?

Answer 24

All activities necessary for life

Question 25

Multicellular organisms ____ necessary activitys for life to _____

Answer 25

divide, specialized cells

Question 26

3 types of light used in microscopes?

Answer 26

Reflected, transmitted, and fluorescence

Question 27

2 types of electron microscopes?

Answer 27

Transmission (TEM) and Scanning (SEM)

Question 28

Resolution is?

Answer 28

Clarity of the image. minimum distance that two point can be separated and still seen as two points

Question 29

Magnification is?

Answer 29

The ratio between and objects image to its real size

Question 30

Resolution depends on the _____ of light or electrons?

Answer 30

Wavelength

Question 31

4 types of Light microscopes?

Answer 31

Confocal, fluorescence, Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy (DIC), and Bright field Microscopy

Question 32

2 types of Electron microscopes?

Answer 32

Transmissions electron microscopy (TEM) and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Question 33

Cells are limited in size due to the demands for __ and ___ as well as protein synthesis needs

Answer 33

Nutrient and gas exchange

Question 34

Which statement is part of the Cell Theory? A) All organisms are made of molecules B) Cells arise only from the division of preexisting cells C) Cells are always visible to the naked eye D) All cells contain a nucleus

Answer 34

B