Brooks bio principles - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

all organisms are made of cells and come from cells Cell theory When the cell size (INCREASES or DECREASES), the membrane gets smaller compared to cell volume. increases the study of cells Cytology "how can cork float" Took sections, looked under microscope and found that they had tiny chambers (aka cells) Robert Hooke

Cytology the study of cells Robert Hooke - observed cork could float - discovered a honeycomb-like structure in a cork slice using a primitive compound microscope - only saw cell walls as this was dead tissue - coined the term "cell" for these individual compartments he saw Two types of microscopes: 1. Light Microscope 2. Electron Microscope Light Microscope - light is focused on specimen by a glass condenser lens - the image is magnified by an objective lens and an ocular lens - proj...

bio principles unit 1 exam brooks fau Exam Questions and answers () the study of - what is science? life - what is bio- ? living things - Complex Organization, Growth, Metabolism, Movement, Reproduction, and Responsiveness are all attributes of what? change - what does mean meta- ? free energy - what does -bolism mean? metabolism - What has to do with chemistry and is the sum of all the chemical reactions in an organism? Catabolism - What is the process things breaking down (free en...