Cell Theory
Who was the first person to see cells under the microscope and give them a name?
What is Robert Hooke?
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse" of the cell because it generates most of the cell's supply of ATP.
What is the mitochondria
What is represented by the small dots found in the bacteria cell?
What is ribosomes?
The basic units of structure and functions in living things
What is cells?
What year did Robert Hooke observe cells?
What is 1665?
Tiny cellular structures, that carry out specific functions necessary for normal cellular operation.
What are organelles?
What lacks a nucleus?
What is prokaryotic cells?
Organisms-only contain one cell
What is unicellular?
He discovered that all plants were made of cells, which contributed to the development of the cell theory:
What is Matthias Schleiden?
What organelle controls what enters and exits the cell?
What is cell membrane!
Contains a nucleus
What is Eukaryotic?
An instrument that makes small objects look bigger
What is microscope?
He advanced the cell theory with his conclusion that cells could only come from other cells:
What is Rudolph Virchow?
What is the name of the fluid found inside the cell? All of the cell organelles float in this substance?
Cytoplasm
Always unicellular
What us prokaryotic?
Three parts of the cell theory
1. All living things are composed of cells. 2. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things. 3. All cells are produced from other cells.
Rudolph Virchow's observations helped to disprove was commonly held belief of the time?
spontaneous generation
What is the control center of the cell?
What is the nucleus?
Has cell division through mitosis
What is eukaryotic?
The two main types of cells
Animal and Plant Cells