Vocabulary Terms
These are the basic building blocks of all living things.
What are "cells"?
These tentacle-like structures are outside of the cell
What is the Flagella?
Who is "Matthis Sheleiden"?
What are the characteristics of living things?
- have an orderly structure
- produce offspring
- grow and develop
- adjust to changes in the environment
The __________ is a fairly rigid structure located outside the plasma membrane that provides additional support and protection to plant cells.
What is "the cell wall"?
This highly folded membrane where the cellular chemical reactions happen.
What is the "Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)"?
This English scientist gave cells their name after studying a cork through a compound light microscope.
Who is "Robert Hooke"?
The control group is:
What is "the group in which all conditions are kept the same"?
These cells do not contain internal membrane-bound structures.
What are "Prokaryotic cells"?
The center of the cell, where the DNA is stored is:
What is the "nucleus"?
This German zoologist said that animals and all their parts were made of cells.
Who is "Theodor Schwann"?
The independent variable in an experiment is:
What is "the only variable that affects the outcome of the experiment"?
These main ideas make up the cell theory:
What is:
- All organisms are composed of one or more cells
- The cell is the basic unit of organization organisms
- All cells come from preexisting cells
Contained in the nucleus, this organelle creates ribosomes:
What is the "nucleolus"?
The first person to record losing at water under a microscope was:
Who is "Anton van Leeuwenhoek"?
What is "quantitative research"?
The _________________ is an organelle that is suspended in the cytoplasm and is the site of cellular chemical reaction.
What is the "endoplasmic reticulum (ER)"?
_______ is used by the cell for temporary storage.
What is "vesicles"?
This German doctor saw a cell divide into two cells:
Who is "Rudolph Virchow"?
___________ and ____________ will never answer all of the questions we ask nor will they solve all of their problems.
What is "science" and "technology"?