Vocabulary
Microscopes
Cell Theory
Random questions
100

What is the definition of Unicellular?

What is one cell. 

100

Who created the first microscope?

Who are the Romans.

100

Who are the 5 scientists credited with creating cell theory?

Hooke, Leewenhoek, Schleiden, Schwann, & Virchow.
100

Who said that cells come from other existing cells?

Virchow.

200

What is the nucleus

What is the center/brain of the cell (Houses DNA).

200

What did Zacharias Janssen and his father, Hans, create?

The first compound microscope.

200

When looking at the cork, what did Hooke see underneath the microscope?

He observed tiny, box-like structures that he later named cells.

200

What word means more than one cell?

multicellular

300

What is a cell wall?

What is the outside of a plant cell. 

300

In the early 17th century, who was the first to use microscopes for scientific observation? 

Galileo Galilei

300

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. 

300

What part is the outside of cell called?

The cell membrane

400

What is a ribosome?

The part of the cell that is responsible for housing RNA and creating protein.

400

What did Robert Hooke do to the microscope?

Increased the magnification by 50x on the microscope. 

400

What did Schleiden and Schwann propose about cells?

They proposed that cells are the basic building blocks of life.

400

What is the mitochondria responsible for?

It is the "power house" of the cell/produce energy for the cell.

500

What is the golgi apparatus?

The part of the cell responsible for transporting. 

500

In 1674, who increased the magnification of microscopes to 270x?

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

500

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. 

500

What part of the cell is responsible for waste management?

The lysosomes

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