Understanding Cells
This scientist discovered cells from looking at cork cells.
Who is Robert Hooke?
This is the smallest unit of life.
What is a cell?
Robert Hooke made the first of this in the 1600s.
What is the microscope?
This theory states that all living things are made of one or more cells.
What is the Cell Theory?
This organelle is a flexible membrane that protects the inside of a cell.
What is the cell membrane?
This system gives every organism two names.
What is binomial nomenclature?
This organism contains one or more cells.
What is multicellular?
This type of of microscope uses light and has more than one lens.
These two German scientists helped create the Cell Theory.
Who are Schwann and Schleiden?
This organelle is known as the "brain" of the cell. It holds all of the DNA.
What is the nucleus?
This tool is used to help classify unknown objects/organisms.
What is a dichotomous key?
These six characteristics make up all living things.
What are organization, growth and development, reproduction, response to stimuli, homeostasis, and use of energy?
Anton van Leeuwenoek's microscope allowed him to view organisms _________ larger.
What is 270x larger?
This biomolecule stores energy and comes in the form of sugars and starches.
What are carbohydrates?
This organelle transports proteins via ribosomes?
What is the Endoplasmic Reticulum?
He was the first to create a classification system.
Who is Aristotle?
________________ has cells.
What is every living organism (or everything living thing)?
This microscope scans the surface of living or nonliving organisms and objects.
What is a SEMs microscope?
This biomolecule doe not dissolve in water and is used as an insulator.
What are lipids? What is a lipid?
This organelle is known as the "power house" of the cell.
What are mitchochondria?
Our current classification, systematics, has 8 areas.
What are Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?
This causes the body to respond from an outside force.
What is external stimuli?
A _______ focuses a beam of electrons through an object.
What is a TEMs mircroscope?
The Cell Theory contains these 3 parts.
What are all living things are made of one or more cells, the cell is the smallest unit of life, and all new cells come from preexisting cells?
This type of cell has its genetic material surrounded by a membrane, are in plants, animals, and protists, and larger than its counterpart.
What are Eukaryotic cells?