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Magnification
An increase in the apparent size of an object compared to it's real size
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Resolving power
The ability of an optical instrument to show two objects as separate
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Cell theory
States that all organisms are made up of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of life, and all cells come from other cells.
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Electron Microscope (EM)
Uses a beam of electrons to resolve objects.
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Scanning Electron Microscope
used to study the detailed architecture of cell surfaces
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Transmission Electron Microscope
used to study the internal structure of cells
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Prokaryotic Cells
found in organisms of the domains Bacteria and Archaea, known as prokaryotes.
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Eukaryotic Cells
Domain Eukarya - protists, plants, fungi, and animals, are all composed of these cells.
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Plasma Membrane
Regulates traffic of molecules between the cells and its surroundings.
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Cytosol
thick, jelly-like fluid in which cellular components are suspended
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Chromosomes
They carry genes made of DNA
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Ribosomes
build proteins according to the instructions from the genes
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Organelles
A membrane-enclosed structure with a specialized function within a cell. Eukaryotic cell exclusive.
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Nucleus
Houses most of the eukaryotic cell's DNA, surrounded by a double membrane.
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Nucloid
The area in a prokaryotic cell (This type doesn't have a nucleus) where its DNA is coiled into a "nucleus-like" region.
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