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Parts of the Cell Theory
What type of cell?
Vocab Review
Energy Production
100

Who is Virchow?

This man proposed that all cells come from other cells in 1855.

100

What are cells?

All organisms are made of these.

100

What is a prokaryotic cell?

This type of cell does not have a nucleus.

100

Specialized structures that perform distinct processes within a cell.

organelles

100

This organelle is involved in energy production only in plant cells.

What are chloroplasts?

200

He was the first scientist to note that plants were made of cells.

Schleiden

200

This is the most basic unit of life.

cell

200

This cell's DNA is found suspended in the cytoplasm.

 prokaryotic cell

200

Microscopic single-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus.

 prokaryotic cells

200

Flattened, sac-like thylakoids that are stacked into groups.

What are grana?

300

He was the first to identify cells and invent the three lens microscope.

Hooke

300

This is one of the first concepts developed in Biology.

cell theory

300

This type of cell has a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

eukaryotic cell

300

One of the first concepts developed in Biology that gives six tenets about cells.

 cell theory

300

The long written form of the energy currency of the cell.

What is adenosine triphosphate?

400

This man concluded that all living things are made up of cells.

Schwann

400

There are six of these tenets.

 cell theory

400

These cells are microscopic single-celled organisms.

prokaryotic cells

400

The jelly-like substance found in cells and contain building blocks such as proteins, nucleic acids, minerals, and ions.

cytoplasm

400

These are the folds and crevices of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

What are cristae?

500

This man made an improved lens for the microscope and because of that he was able to observe cells in greater detail.

Leeuwenhoek

500

The second part of the cell theory states this.

cells are produced by other living cells

500

These are multi-cellular or single-celled organisms with the nucleus being the biggest organelle.

eukaryotic cells

500

List two differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

What is ...?

500

The space inside the inner membrane of mitochondria.

What is the matrix, or inner mitochondrial matrix?