UNIT 3: The Cell

Biology I
DAYSHEET 41: Microscopy Summative Assessment & Introduction to the Cell Theory
Name _____________________________________
Date: __________
Bellringer: Use Daysheet 39 to help you answer the questions below. This is your last review
before you will take the Summative Microscopy Assessment.
Most Missed Formative Assessment Questions:
1.

What happens to your field of view when you increase the total magnification of the microscope?

2.

Sally wanted to use a microscope to help her better visualize the chambers of the heart during her fetal pig
dissection. Which microscope should Sally use?

3.

During your microscope laboratory you noticed that your specimen was blurry and small. This is an issue
with?

4.

Choose all that apply: Study the image below. What two
components of this microscope should be multiplied
together to determine the total magnification of the
microscope?

Microscope Labeling: Use the word bank to label the microscope below
High Powered Objective Lens
Eye Piece

Low Powered Objective Lens

Revolving Nosepiece

Fine Adjustment Knob

Arm

Course Adjustment Knob

Middle Powered Objective Lens

Base

Diaphragm
Stage

Stage Clip

Light Source
Body Tube

Go to this link for more microscope labeling practice:

http://tinyurl.com/czmykqq
Calculating Total Magnification:
1. The equation to determine total magnification of a microscope is:
________________________ x _______________________ = Total Magnification
2. A microscope with a high-powered objective lens of 50x will have _____________ as the total
magnification.
3. The eye piece of a microscope will always be ________________.
4. If a microscope has a total magnification of 750x, what is the power of the objective lens? ____________
5. Determine the total magnification of a microscope if the highest powered objective is 150x. ____________

Activity 1: Summative Microscopy Assessment

Activity 2: Cornell Notes
Essential Questions

Notes

#1

-Common beliefs about medicine/science:

-Scientists once believed in __________________________

-Examples:

#2

What We Know Now

-Life only comes ______________________________

-Two scientists are credited with helping us learn this

through their controlled experiments:
1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
Notes about Redi & Pasteurs Experiments:

STOP & JOT:

1. What was the IV in Redis experiment?
2. What was the IV in Pasteurs experiment?
3. Do both experiments follow proper experimental
design? Why or why not?

#3

Microscope History
1590: __________________________ built the first
microscope.
Memory Clue/Word ART!

#4

Microscopes Continued
____________________ made improvements to Jenssens
microscope.
Hooke came up with the term
_______ after looking a the cell
walls of plants.

The box-like cells of cork

reminded Hooke of the cells of a
__________________.
Memory Clue/Word ART!

#5

1667: Antony van Leeuwenhoek

_______________________ constructed a simple
microscope that could magnify objects as much as 270 times.
He was able to see:

Memory Clue/Word ART!

STOP & JOT

1. Would Hooke and Leeuwenhoek been able to make
their scientific contributions if Jenssen didnt invent
the microscope? Why or why not?

2. What did Robert Hooke call our units of life cells?

#6:

The Cell Theory

1. All ______________ things are composed of _______
2. Cells are the basic unit of _________ ( ___________
and ______________)
3. Cells come from ________________ cells
4. _________________ takes place in the cells.
5. All cells contain _____________
You Already Knew
___________ and ___________ are made up of cells.
It is one of the 5 _____________________________
All living things are made up of ______________.
All living things have _________________________.
Science Didnt Until
_______________________: concluded that all plants are
composed of cells.
Memory Clue/Word ART!

_______________________: concluded that all animals are

composed of cells.
Memory Clue/Word ART!

Together

STOP & JOT

Put the following items in order in terms of which came first
in the scientific study of living things:
_____ DNA
_____ Light Microscope
_____ Electron Microscope
_____ Cell Theory
_____ Discovery of Cells

Activity 3: RAFT
Role = A microscope
Audience = Another piece of science equipment (thermometer, beaker, flask, etc.)
Form = A letter, dialogue, or speech you pick!
Topic = Explain why, in your opinion, you are the most important piece of science equipment
ever invented. Make sure to include your role in the development of cell theory, and how
youve changed the world!
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HW41: Cell Theory Active Reading

Name_______________________

Biology I
Date______________

Directions: Read the following using your reading strategies, and then answer the questions that follow.
The invention of the microscope in the late 1500s revealed to early scientists a whole new world of tiny cells.
Most cells are so small that they cannot be seen without a microscope. The discoveries of scientists from the
1600s through the 1800s led to the cell theory, which is a unifying concept of biology. The cell theory has five
major principles:
All organisms are made of cells.
All existing cells are produced by other living cells.
The cell is the most basic unit of life.

Metabolism takes place in the cells.

All cells contain DNA

All cells can be divided into two major groups: prokaryotic cells or eukaryotic cells. The main differences
between the two kinds of cells are in their structure:
Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus defined by a membrane, while prokaryotic cells have no nucleus.
In eukaryotic cells, the DNA, or genetic information, is found in the nucleus. In prokaryotic cells, the
DNA is found in the cytoplasm, the jellylike substance
that fills both types of cells.
Eukaryotic cells have organelles, structures that perform jobs for a cell. Most organelles are
surrounded by membranes. Prokaryotic cells do not have organelles surrounded by membranes.
Prokaryotic cells make up organisms called prokaryotes. All prokaryotes are tiny and consist of single cells.
Bacteria are prokaryotic cells. Eukaryotic cells make up eukaryotes. You are a eukaryote, as are plants and
some types of single-celled organisms. All multicellular organisms, or organisms that have many cells, are
eukaryotes.

1. What is the smallest, most basic unit of life? ____________________________________________

2. Where is the DNA in a prokaryote? in a eukaryote?

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3. Why would you need a microscope to see a prokaryotic organism?

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4. A friend tells you he read somewhere that rotting garbage can turn into maggots, which are fly larvae, and
the maggots then can grow into adult flies. What part of the cell theory could you use to refute his claim?
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