Cells & Microscopes Crossword

5. holds the organelles in its place and is a jelly like liquid
6. The process of cells dividing
9. Creates energy for the cell and is known as the “power house” of the cell
11. Only found in plant cells, it protects and shapes the plant
13. An instrument forming magnified images with an objective lens
17. A transparent piece of glass or plastic with at least one curved surface
20. Surrounds the cell controls what goes into and out of it
21. Known as the “control centre” controls everything that goes in and out of the cell which contains DNA
22. Already made from an earlier time
25. also known as the male reproductive cell
26. the area where that the slide is placed in a microscope
27. Describes the properties of cells

1. the light projected towards the slide of the microscope so you are able to see the slide brighter
2. A unit of measurement used for microscopes that begins with m
3. In both plants and animal cells, it stores food and water and is known as “the pantry” organelle
4. adjustable lenses on a microscope above the stage with different microscope viewings usually of 4x, 10x, 40x and/or 100x
7. The first person to make a microscope
8. Red cells that carry oxygen through the body
10. The process of a cell dying
11. Only found in plants and contains chlorophyll which is green
12. Allows light to be detected to small objects
14. the method of converting light energy so cells can produce their own food
15. The lens that one uses to view the slide on the stage
16. Cells that are found in plants
18. The first person to see/discover cells
19. Cells that carry nerve impulses to different parts of the body
23. the act of cells absorbing material outside the cell membrane
24. A unit of measurement in microscopes that begins with the name of the founder of our school
27. The building blocks of life