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Who used a compound microscope to see chambers within cork and named them “cells”?
Robert Hooke
Which type of cell encloses its DNA in a nucleus?
Eukaryotes.
A group of similar cells that perform a particular function is called...
a tissue
TRIPLE JEOPARDY: Diffusion occurs because...
molecules move and constantly collide with each other.
Movement of small particles across the cell membrane, into the cell, is called...
pinocytosis
TRIPLE JEOPARDY: List the three principles of cell theory.
1. Cells are the basic unit of life. 2. All living things are made of cells. 3. All cells are produced from existing cells.
Bacteria is an example of a...
Prokaryote.
Mass removal of material from inside the cell to outside the cell is called...
exocytosis
The primary function of the cell wall is...
to support and protect the cell.
The channels that help move material across the cell membrane are made of this...
proteins.
Electron microscopes can reveal details...
1000 times smaller than those visible in light microscopes.
Everything inside the cell EXCEPT the nucleus...
Cytoplasm.
Which structure makes proteins using coded instructions that come from the nucleus?
Ribosome.
What is the primary function of the cell membrane?
regulates the movement of materials into and out of the cell
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called...
osmosis.
Colors seen in images made from electron microscopes are...
added to make certain structures easier to see.
Which organelle breaks down other organelles that are no longer useful to the cell?
Lysosomes.
Which organelle would you expect to find in plant cells but not animal cells?
Chloroplast.
Unlike the cell membrane, the cell wall is...
a rigid structure.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Which means of particle transport requires the input of energy from the cell?
active transport
The major feature found in eukaryotes that is not found in prokaryotes?
A nucleus.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Helps the cell to maintain its shape...
Cytoplasm.
Which organelle converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use?
Mitochondria
Cell walls are not found in this type of organism...
animals.
TRIPLE JEOPARDY: Movement of large particles across the cell membrane, into the cell, is called...
phagocytosis