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Who is the first person to look at a part of a plant using a microscope

A

Robert Hooke

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What did Robert Hooke look at in the microscope

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A cork tissue

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What did the cork tissue cells look like

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Small rooms

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Why did Robert Hooke call them cells

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Because it looked like small rooms

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How many cells are in a human body

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1 000 000 000 000 (12 Zeros)

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How did Robert Hooke tell othors about his discovery

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By his book (micrographia)

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What is the parts of the animal cell

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Nucleus, cytoplasm, cell surface membrane

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What is the cell surface membrane

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A thin bag of

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Name two jobs for the cell surface membrane

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Keeps the cell together and controls who enters and who leaves

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What is the function of the nucleus

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It controls the cell

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What is the cytoplasm? And what is its function

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Like a watery jelly , most cell activities occur there

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What are the parts of the plant cell

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Nucleus, cytoplasm, cell surface membrane, /vacuole , cell wall, chloroplasts

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What are the chloroplasts

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Green discs

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What does the chloroplast contain

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Chlorophyll

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What is the function of the chloroplasts

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Make food for the plant using photosynthesis

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16
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What’s the vacuole

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A storage space

17
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What is the vacuole filled with

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Cell sap

18
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What is the cell wall

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A box with large holes in it

19
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What is the function of the cell wall

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Support the cell

20
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What is the cell wall made of

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Cellulose

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What is the difference between plant cells and animal cells

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Plant cells have straighter edges and more box shaped and they have a cell wall ,vacuole ,chloroplasts

22
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What are the similarities between the animal cell and the plant cell

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They both have a nucleus , cell surface membrane, cytoplasm

23
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An example of a animal cell

A

Cheek cell

24
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An example of a plant cell

A

Moss leaf

25
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What makes cell plants green

A

Chlorophyll

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