Vocabulary
What is the definition of Unicellular?
What is one cell.
Who created the first microscope?
Who are the Romans.
Who are the 5 scientists credited with creating cell theory?
Who said that cells come from other existing cells?
Virchow.
What is the nucleus
What is the center/brain of the cell (Houses DNA).
What did Zacharias Janssen and his father, Hans, create?
The first compound microscope.
When looking at the cork, what did Hooke see underneath the microscope?
He observed tiny, box-like structures that he later named cells.
What word means more than one cell?
multicellular
What is a cell wall?
What is the outside of a plant cell.
In the early 17th century, who was the first to use microscopes for scientific observation?
Galileo Galilei
What was Leeuwenhoek the first to see underneath the microscope in 1674?
He was the first to see living cells, including protozoa and bacteria underneath the microscope.
What part is the outside of cell called?
The cell membrane
What is a ribosome?
The part of the cell that is responsible for housing RNA and creating protein.
What did Robert Hooke do to the microscope?
Increased the magnification by 50x on the microscope.
What did Schleiden and Schwann propose about cells?
They proposed that cells are the basic building blocks of life.
What is the mitochondria responsible for?
It is the "power house" of the cell/produce energy for the cell.
What is the golgi apparatus?
The part of the cell responsible for transporting.
In 1674, who increased the magnification of microscopes to 270x?
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
What are the three parts to cell theory?
1. All living things are made of one or more cells.
2. Cells are the basic unit of structure & function in all living things.
3. All cells come from other cells.
What part of the cell is responsible for waste management?
The lysosomes