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Biology - Topic 1 - Key Concepts in Biology

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Whatdoesamicroscopedo?

Back (Answer)

makessmallobjectsappearlarger/magnifiessmallobjects

#2
Front (Question)

Whatpartofamicroscopedoyoulookthrough?

Back (Answer)

eyepiecelens

#3
Front (Question)

Whichpartofamicroscopedoyouusetogetaclearimage?

Back (Answer)

thefocusingwheel

#4
Front (Question)

Puttheseinorderofsize,biggestfirst:atom,animalcell,cellnucleus,muscletissue,proteinmolecule,watermolecule

Back (Answer)

muscletissue,animalcell,cellnucleus,proteinmolecule,watermolecule,atom

#5
Front (Question)

Amicroscopehasa×5eyepiecelensanda×5objectivelens.Whatisthetotalmagnification?

Back (Answer)

×25;5×5=25

#6
Front (Question)

Ahumanhairhasawidthof100µmbutappears20mmwideinaphoto.Whatmagnificationisthephoto?

Back (Answer)

×200;20mm=20000µm;20000÷100=200

#7
Front (Question)

Howmanymillimetresarethereinametre?

Back (Answer)

1000

#8
Front (Question)

Whatunitis1000timessmallerthanamillimetre?

Back (Answer)

micrometre,µm

#9
Front (Question)

Whatistheunitsymbolforananometre?

Back (Answer)

nm

#10
Front (Question)

Name one part you could find in a plant cell but not an animal cell.

Back (Answer)

cell wall, chloroplasts, permanent vacuole

#11
Front (Question)

What process happens in a mitochondrion?

Back (Answer)

aerobic respiration

#12
Front (Question)

What is one function of a plant cell’s permanent vacuole?

Back (Answer)

to help keep the cell rigid/to store substances

#13
Front (Question)

In which part of a plant cell is cell sap stored?

Back (Answer)

vacuole

#14
Front (Question)

In which part of a cell would you find chromosomes?

Back (Answer)

nucleus

#15
Front (Question)

When you look down a microscope, what is the area that you see called?

Back (Answer)

field of view

#16
Front (Question)

Why can an electron microscope detect smaller structures in cells than a light microscope?

Back (Answer)

it has better magnification and better resolution

#17
Front (Question)

What is a picture taken with a microscope called?

Back (Answer)

micrograph

#18
Front (Question)

Some microscope pictures have a small line drawn on them with information about how long the line is when unmagnified. What is this line called?

Back (Answer)

scale bar

#19
Front (Question)

List three sub-cellular structures that are usuallyfound in animal cells.

Back (Answer)

cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes

#20
Front (Question)

Which cell structure controls what enters and leaves the cell?

Back (Answer)

cell membrane

#21
Front (Question)

Which cell structure controls how the cell works?

Back (Answer)

nucleus

#22
Front (Question)

Which plant cell structure contains chlorophyll?

Back (Answer)

chloroplast

#23
Front (Question)

What is the function of the cell structure that contains chlorophyll?

Back (Answer)

to capture energy from light for photosynthesis/to produce glucose using photosynthesis

#24
Front (Question)

Describe the function of the cell wall

Back (Answer)

supports and protects the cell