CELLS WILDCARDq
What is the basic building block of all living things?
The Cell
What's the outer layer?
Cell Membrane
What is the green part of a plant cell that helps it make its own food using sunlight?
chloroplast
Who was the first person to observe and name "cells" after looking at a slice of cork under a microscope?
Robert Hooke
Which organelle is often called the "suicide bag" of the cell and why?
The lysosome
Which organelle generates the majority of the cell's energy through cellular respiration?
The mitochondria
What German scientists proposed that all plants and all animals are made of cells, forming the basis of the cell theory?
Matthias Schleiden (plants) and Theodor Schwann (animals)
While typical plant cells have a fixed, rigid shape, animal cells do not. What gives a plant cell its defined structure, and what is its primary component?
The cell wall
What are ribosomes responsible for creating?
protein
Who was the first person to observe living single-celled organisms, which he called "animalcules," in pond water using a more powerful microscope?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
There are two types of cells: prokaryotic and eukaryotic. What is the single most defining difference between them?
Nucleus
What do animal cells always have that plants cells don't?
Lysosomes
What famous conclusion did Rudolf Virchow make about where cells come from?
All cells come from pre-existing cells
What is the process of maintaining a stable internal environment within a single cell called?
homeostasis
True or False: Animal cells have a large central vacuole?
True
What invention was crucial for scientists like Hooke and Leeuwenhoek to be able to see cells in the first place?
The microscope