PROKARYOTES VS. EUKARYOTES
HISTORY OF CELLS
CELL ORGANELLES
MICROSCOPE MANIA!
VOCABULARY
100

Unlike eukaryotes, organisms in this domain lack a true nucleus to house their genetic material.

What are Bacteria

100

In 1665, this English scientist coined the term "cell" after looking at a slice of cork under a microscope.

Who was Robert Hooke

100

This organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell because it generates most of the cell's supply of ATP

What is the mitochondrion

100

This type of microscope uses visible light and a system of lenses to magnify small samples, and is the most common kind found in classrooms.

What is a light

100

The third planet from the sun.

What is Earth

200

This cellular powerhouse, responsible for ATP production, is found in eukaryotes but entirely absent in prokaryotes

What is the mitochondrion

200

This Dutch microscope maker was the first to observe live microorganisms, which he called "animalcules," in pond water.

Who was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

200

Often called the control center of the cell, this structure houses the cell's DNA.

What is the nucleus

200

Invented in the 1930s, this powerful microscope type achieves high magnification by using a beam of accelerated electrons instead of light

What is an electron microscope

200

This capital of France is known as the city of Light

What is Paris

300

While both cell types contain these protein-building structures, they are smaller  in prokaryotes than in eukaryotes

What are ribosomes

300

In 1838, this German botanist concluded that all plants are entirely made up of cells.

Who was Matthias Schleiden

300

What is the nucleus

These tiny granular structures are responsible for protein synthesis.
Response: What are ribosomes

300

It is the term for the circular area that you can see when looking through the eyepiece of a microscope.

What is the field of view

300

He was the first President of the United States

Who is George Washington

400

In prokaryotes, DNA is often concentrated in this irregularly shaped, non-membrane-bound region

What is the nucleoid

400

A year after Schleiden's plant discovery, this German zoologist extended the theory by stating that all animals are made of cells

Who was Theodor Schwann

400

This stack of membrane-bound sacs modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and lipids for storage or transport

What is the Golgi apparatus

400

To calculate this total metric, you multiply the magnification power of the eyepiece by the magnification power of the objective lens

What is total magnification

400

The playwright who penned Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.

Who is William Shakespeare

500

Unlike the linear chromosomes of eukaryotes, prokaryotic DNA typically takes this geometric shape

What is circular

500

This doctor popularized the Latin phrase omnis cellula e cellula, meaning "all cells come from pre-existing cells

Who was Rudolf Virchow

500

Found in plant cells, this organelle uses light energy from the sun to turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose during photosynthesis

What is a chloroplast

500

This 17th-century Dutch businessman is widely recognized as the "Father of Microbiology" for improving the microscope and discovering bacteria.

Who is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

500

This large mammal is known as the king of the jungle

What is a lion