Cell Theory: History
These are considered the basic unit of life.
What are cells?
Considered the "brain" of the cell, this organelle is responsible for holding chromatin, the cell's genetic information.
What is the nucleus?
Both plant and animal cells are eukaryotic cells, meaning they both have this.
Every chart will have this, which will tell you exactly what the chart is analyzing.
What is the title?
If you'll be absent, you should contact this campus manager of High Jump at Latin.
Who is Ms. Andorka?
Many people invented these tools that could view cells using multiple lenses.
What are microscopes?
Considered the "powerhouse of the cell", these organelles are responsible for energy production
What are mitochondria?
This organelle exists only in plant cells, and is responsible for a process called photosynthesis
What are chloroplasts?
If you don't have time to read everything in an exhibit, you may want to do this to get a sense of what it's about.
What is skim (or read) the headings?
This was the first High Jump site of the three.
What is Latin?
All cells arise from these.
What are pre-existing cells?
This fatty bi-layer surrounds the cell, allowing materials into and out of the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
This organelle exists only in plant cells and is responsible for keeping rigidity.
What is the cell wall?
This is only one source of energy that powers cities like Chicago.
What is fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, oil)? Renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro power, bioenergy)? Nuclear power?
This High Jump teacher does not teach math at High Jump but is a math teacher outside of High Jump.
Who is Ms. Pei?
Robert Hooke, observing cork cells for the first time, thought they looked like the "cells" of these folks.
What are monks?
This organelle is primarily responsible for protein production.
What are ribosomes? (Or Endoplasmic Reticulum, or ER?)
This organelle is much larger in plant cells. Among other things, it stores water.
What are vacuoles?
According to data in The Blue Paradox exhibit, only 14% of global plastic packaging is collected for this process.
What is recycling?
This was the number of Viri's cohort
What is 30?
One of the OG science beefs occurred between these two champions of early cell theory
Who are Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke?
This organelle is responsible for enzyme production, which helps break down the food of cells.
What are lysosomes?
Unlike animal cells, plant cells create their own food, using this process.
What is photosynthesis?
In the Numbers in Nature exhibit at the MSI, we saw this sequence appear throughout nature: in spirals and the Golden ratio.
What is the Fibonacci sequence?
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
High jump was founded in this year.
What is 1989?