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S. A. 7.1
Section Assessment for 7.1
Question | Answer |
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Describe the history of microscopes. | Microscopes started out as simple light microscopes, moving on to electron microscopes like scanning el. mic., trasmission em, and scanning tunneling microscopes. |
Evaluate the microscope's impact on the study of cells. | They helped study cells because you could see them up close. |
How does the cell theory describe the levels of organization of living organisms? | It says that it all begins with the cell. |
Compare the sources of the beam in a light microscope to that in an electron microscope. | Light micro. use light, and electron use beams of electrons. |
Describe the differences between a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell, and identify their parts. | P: don't have membrane-bound organelles usually unicellular E: are mem. bound and generally multicellular p: have ribosomes, DNA, cell walls e: have only nuclei, chromosomes, ERs, etc. |
Explain the difference between a scanning electron microscope and a transmission electron microscope and their uses. | Scanning scan surafces to see the cell's 3D shape. Transmission stud the insides of cells. |
Suppose you discovered a new type of plant. Applying the cell theory, what can you say for certain about this organism? | It: Has cells It's basic structure is cells It came from preexisting plant cells. |