Biology
- Prokaryotes Vs Eukaryotes
While eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells have some characteristics in common, they diverged from their common ancestor billions of years ago, thus accounting for significant differences in overall structure and function. Here we will go over them....
- Prokaryotes Versus Eukaryotes
Cell Webquest ? Ms. Carter Prokaryotes versus Eukaryotes California Standard: Cell Biology 1. c Cell Biology: The fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that occur in specialized areas of the organism?s...
- Erythrocyte
Term: erythrocyte, erytro+cyte Origin: Anc Greek???????/erythros(=red) +cyte(=compining form for ?cell? derived from anc Greek word ??????/cytion(=box, container)Coined(?)Erythrocytes are cells that observed first during the last half of the 17th...
- Taxonomy
Term: taxonomyCarl Linnaeus (1707 ?1778) Origin: Anc Greek ?????(=arrangement, order)?????/nomos(=division) > ????/nemo(=distribute, divide) Coined:The first attempt for describing and naming organisms is began by ancient philosopher Aristotle (384-322BC)...
- Plankton (singular Plankter)
Term: plankton (singular plankter) Origin: Anc Greek ????????/plagtos(="wandering, drifting)???????? <????????/plazomai (=to drift) Coined: by Victor Hensen (1835-1924) a German Physician and zoologist, although plankton was described as "animalcules"...
Biology
diatom
Term: diatom
Origin: Anc Greek
???-/dia(=prefix meaning through,) > probably from the root ???/dis(=twice)
+?????/temno(=cut in two )
literally means ?be cut in two? or ?be cut through? probably because they seem to have been cut in half.
Coined
(?) Van Leeuwenhoek observed diatoms as early as 1702 and diatoms were already used in geological research in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Definition:
The diatom is a type of microscopic, unicellular AND photosynthesising eukaryotic algae and one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Diatoms are characterised by cell wall made of silica (hydrated silicon dioxide) called frustule.
- Prokaryotes Vs Eukaryotes
While eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells have some characteristics in common, they diverged from their common ancestor billions of years ago, thus accounting for significant differences in overall structure and function. Here we will go over them....
- Prokaryotes Versus Eukaryotes
Cell Webquest ? Ms. Carter Prokaryotes versus Eukaryotes California Standard: Cell Biology 1. c Cell Biology: The fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that occur in specialized areas of the organism?s...
- Erythrocyte
Term: erythrocyte, erytro+cyte Origin: Anc Greek???????/erythros(=red) +cyte(=compining form for ?cell? derived from anc Greek word ??????/cytion(=box, container)Coined(?)Erythrocytes are cells that observed first during the last half of the 17th...
- Taxonomy
Term: taxonomyCarl Linnaeus (1707 ?1778) Origin: Anc Greek ?????(=arrangement, order)?????/nomos(=division) > ????/nemo(=distribute, divide) Coined:The first attempt for describing and naming organisms is began by ancient philosopher Aristotle (384-322BC)...
- Plankton (singular Plankter)
Term: plankton (singular plankter) Origin: Anc Greek ????????/plagtos(="wandering, drifting)???????? <????????/plazomai (=to drift) Coined: by Victor Hensen (1835-1924) a German Physician and zoologist, although plankton was described as "animalcules"...