B2 - Topic 1 - 1.4 - 1.7
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- B2 - Topic 1 - 1.4
- 1.4 Be able to describe how plant and animal cells can be studied in greater detail with a light microscope.
- Microscopes enable you to objects (like microorganisms) which you cannot see with the naked eye
- Microscopes using the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum (visible light) were invented in the late 16th century
- With these light microscopes you can see individual cells and smaller details such as nuclei and mitochondria in all cells, and chloroplasts in plant cells.
- 1.5 Be able to demonstrate an understanding of how changes in microscope technology have enabled us to see cells with more clarity
- In the 20th century, with advances in atomic physics, the electron microscope was invented which works off beams of electrons instead of visible light.
- This has enabled the magnification produced by a microscope to be considerable increased
- to the point where you can see even smaller structures such as the internal details of mitochondria, chloroplasts and plasmids
- magnification = length of image / length of object
- 1.6 Know that a gene is a section of a molecule of DNA and that it codes for a specific protein.
- The genetic code ('blueprint') to make a particular protein is in the form of a sequence of bases attached to the sugar-phosphate backbone of a DNA molecule.
- 1.7 Be able to describe a DNA molecule as
- a) two strands coiled together to form a double helix
- b) strands linked by a series of complementary base pairs joined together by weak hydrogen bonds
- There are four bases in DNA holding the structure together and the same bases are always paired together.
- adenine (A)
- thymine (T)
- cytosine (C)
- adenine (A)
- There are four bases in DNA holding the structure together and the same bases are always paired together.
- 1.4 Be able to describe how plant and animal cells can be studied in greater detail with a light microscope.
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