Across
- 2. The process of cells dividing
- 8. An instrument forming magnified images with an objective lens
- 10. The first person to make a microscope
- 11. A unit of measurement used for microscopes that begins with m
- 12. also known as the male reproductive cell
- 13. holds the organelles in its place and is a jelly like liquid
- 14. Already made from an earlier time
- 18. In both plants and animal cells, it stores food and water and is known as “the pantry” organelle
- 21. the method of converting light energy so cells can produce their own food
- 23. The building blocks of life
- 24. The lens that one uses to view the slide on the stage
- 25. Cells that are found in plants
- 26. the area where that the slide is placed in a microscope
- 27. A unit of measurement in microscopes that begins with the name of the founder of our school
Down
- 1. Known as the “control centre” controls everything that goes in and out of the cell which contains DNA
- 2. Creates energy for the cell and is known as the “power house” of the cell
- 3. A transparent piece of glass or plastic with at least one curved surface
- 4. The first person to see/discover cells
- 5. Allows light to be detected to small objects
- 6. The process of a cell dying
- 7. Only found in plant cells, it protects and shapes the plant
- 9. the light projected towards the slide of the microscope so you are able to see the slide brighter
- 15. Red cells that carry oxygen through the body
- 16. Cells that carry nerve impulses to different parts of the body
- 17. adjustable lenses on a microscope above the stage with different microscope viewings usually of 4x, 10x, 40x and/or 100x
- 19. Only found in plants and contains chlorophyll which is green
- 20. the act of cells absorbing material outside the cell membrane
- 22. MEMBRANE Surrounds the cell controls what goes into and out of it
- 23. Describes the properties of cells