Cell Theory
The cell theory is not a law because..
what is it has changed or explains?
a cell’s stable internal conditions in a changing external environment
What is homeostasis?
considered “the basic unit, building block of life”
What is the cell?
Define multicellular.
What is made up of many cells?
Define unicellular.
What is an organism made up of 1 cell?
Scientists who named and discovered the cell
Who is Robert Hooke?
process in which cells divide and reproduce
What is mitosis?
The invention of this made cell discovery possible
What is the microscope?
Name a unicellular organism.
What is bacteria, paramecium, etc.?
Name a eukaryotic organism.
What is any animal, plant, fungi, or protist?
Seen under a microscope when the cell was discovered and named.
What is cork?
The cell creates and must release this during cellular respiration.
What is waste/carbon dioxide?
Name an organism with specialized cells.
What is (any multicellular organism)?
1 thing both a bacterium and a duck have in common according to the cell theory.
What is they are made up of 1 or more cells?
One reason a rock and a plant leaf look different under a microscope.
How did the cell theory disprove the spontaneous generation theory?
What is it shows that cells come from pre-existing cells?
What is breakdown food and convert it into energy?
The cell part that distinguishes a prokaryotic organism from a eukaryotic organism.
What is a nucleus?
What is Eukaryotic cells, made up of one or more cells, have a true nucleus and must reproduce.
The scientist who added "cells come from other cells" to the theory.
Who is Virchow?
The 3 main statements of the cell theory
What is :
All living things are made up of 1 or more cells
Cells come from pre-existing cells
The cell is the basic unit of function and structure of living things.
Could also say all plants / all animals are made up of cells.
To maintain homeostasis, all cells need to do these 4 things.
What is takes in nutrients, convert nutrients into energy, eliminate waste, replicate themselves through cell division?
scientists discover something they suspect may be a new species. They need to determine if it is alive by..
What is see if it is make up of 1 or more cells.
Give an example of specialized cells.
What is (answer must describe a cell with a special job or function in a multicellular organism)?
The theory that living things can come from nonliving things.
What is spontaneous generation?