8.1 Life is Cellular

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8.1 Life is Cellular

Microscopes

Early Microscope 1660's
Robert Hooke
Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Light Microscope

Compound Light Scope
Can Magnify 1000X
Need to Stain the Cell

Electron Microscope

Can view 1/1,000,000 of a meter
Transmission Electron Microscope
Scanning Electron Microscope

Cell Theory

Matthias Schleiden
1838 Plants are made of cells
Theodor Schwann
1839 Animals are made of cells
Rudolf Virchow
1855 Cells come from existing cells

Cell Theory

All living things are made of cells
Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things
New cells come from existing cells

Multiple Choice

Who discovered that all cells come from other living cells and had research that lead to the last major principle of cell theory?

Matthias Schleiden

Theodore Schwann

Robert Hooke

Rudolf Virchow

Multiple Choice

What was Schleiden convinced of?

All plants are made of cells

All animals are made of cells

All cells are prokaryotic

None of the above

Multiple Choice

What was Schleiden convinced of?

All plants are made of cells

All animals are made of cells

All cells are prokaryotic

None of the above

Multiple Choice

The cell theory was not complete until Rudolph Virchow discovered that...

Cells are alive.

There are two types of cells (prokaryotic/eukaryotic)

All cells come from preexisting cells.

Cells are the basic building blocks of life.

Multiple Choice

Which is not true of the cell theory?

All living organisms are composed of cells.

All cells have a nucleus, which acts like a brain of the cell.

All cells come from preexisting cells.

Multiple Choice

Who discovered and named cells while looking at cork?

Captain Hook

Robert Hooke

Matthais Schleiden

Rudolf Virchow

Multiple Choice

This early cell theory scientist looked in a microscope and discovered "animalcules" in the gunk from his teeth and pond water.

Schleiden

Leeowenhoek

Hooke

Virchow

Schwann

Multiple Choice

Which statement was NOT included in cell theory?

All living things are composed of cells.

Living cells come only from other living cells.

Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.

Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements supports the cell theory as it is stated today?

Not all cells are alive.

Cells must contain a nucleus.

All abiotic are composed of more than one cell

Cells come from preexisting cells through cell division.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements supports the cell theory as it is stated today?

Not all cells are alive.

Cells must contain a nucleus.

All abiotic are composed of more than one cell

Cells come from preexisting cells through cell division.

Prokaryotes 1/1,000,00 of a meter

Smaller and simpler
Few membrane-bound organelles
Genetic material not in nucleus
Can grow, reproduce and respond

Eukaryotes 10/1,000,000 meter

Larger and more complex
Membrane-bound organelles
DNA enclosed by a nucleus
Can grow, reproduce and respond

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of cells?

Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic

Bacteria & Eukaryotic

Eukaryotic

Animal & Plant

Multiple Choice

Prokaryotes are the _________ of all the cells.

most complext

raddest

prettiest

simplest

Multiple Choice

Bacteria are prokaryotes.

True

False

Multiple Choice

Prokaryotic cells do not have…….

Golgi bodies

cell membrane

DNA or RNA

ribosomes

Multiple Choice

Which does only eukaryotic cells contain?

nucleus

DNA

cell membrane

ribosomes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is found inside a prokaryote?

cytoplasm

DNA

ribosomes

all of these

Multiple Choice

How are prokaryotes and eukaryotes different?

prokaryotes are larger

eukaryotes have a nucleus

eukaryotes are simpler

prokaryotes are more complex

Multiple Choice

ALL living cells have this in common

Nucleus

Cell Membrane

Cell Wall

Mitochondria

Multiple Choice

All of this type of cells are single celled.

animal

prokaryotic

plant

eukariotic

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