Cells & Microscopes Crossword

4. In both plants and animal cells, it stores food and water and is known as “the pantry” organelle
6. The first person to see/discover cells
7. Only found in plants and contains chlorophyll which is green
11. Describes the properties of cells
12. A unit of measurement in microscopes that begins with the name of the founder of our school
14. Cells that are found in plants
15. Allows light to be detected to small objects
19. Surrounds the cell controls what goes into and out of it
20. Creates energy for the cell and is known as the “power house” of the cell
22. A transparent piece of glass or plastic with at least one curved surface
23. also known as the male reproductive cell
24. adjustable lenses on a microscope above the stage with different microscope viewings usually of 4x, 10x, 40x and/or 100x
28. the act of cells absorbing material outside the cell membrane

1. The process of cells dividing
2. The first person to make a microscope
3. The process of a cell dying
5. Red cells that carry oxygen through the body
8. Known as the “control centre” controls everything that goes in and out of the cell which contains DNA
9. the method of converting light energy so cells can produce their own food
10. the light projected towards the slide of the microscope so you are able to see the slide brighter
13. An instrument forming magnified images with an objective lens
16. A unit of measurement used for microscopes that begins with m
17. Only found in plant cells, it protects and shapes the plant
18. Already made from an earlier time
21. The lens that one uses to view the slide on the stage
25. The building blocks of life
26. Cells that carry nerve impulses to different parts of the body
27. holds the organelles in its place and is a jelly like liquid
29. the area where that the slide is placed in a microscope