Microscopes and Micro-Organisms

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How does a light microscope work?
Passes light through material on a glass slide
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How does an electron microscope work?
Beam of electrons
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Which has greater magnification, electron or light microscope?
Electron microscope
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What are all living organisms composed of?
One or more cells
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What is the basic 'unit' of life?
The cell
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How are cells formed?
From pre-existing cells during cell division
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What is passed on from cell to cell when division occurs?
Heredity information (DNA)
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Do all cells have the same basic chemical composition?
Yes
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What are micro-organisms?
Microscopic life forms
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What are the smallest forms of life? (so simple it's uncertain as to whether they are living things)
Viruses
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What do viruses consist of?
Some genetic material (DNA or RNA) inside a protein case
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What produces inside a host cell?
Viruses
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How do bacteria reproduce?
Asexually by dividing into 2
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What reproduces asexually by budding (growing a new cell from an existing one before the new cell breaks off)
Yeasts
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What is thought to be the earliest forms of life?
Bacteria
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In comparison to viruses, bacteria are...
Larger
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In comparison to yeasts, viruses are...
Smaller
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