Cell Organelles and the Cell Theory

Question 1

What is the purpose of cytoplasm?

Answer 1

-keeps organelles in place
- fluid “jelly-like”

Question 2

What is the purpose of the nucleus?

Answer 2

-control center

Question 3

What is the purpose of the cell membrane?

Answer 3

-semi-permeable
-controls what enters/exits the cell

Question 4

What is the purpose of the mitochondria?

Answer 4

-provides energy for the cell to use
-“powerhouse”

Question 5

What is the purpose of the vacuole?

Answer 5

-stores:
-food
-water
-waste
-smaller in animals

Question 6

What structures differentiate in plant v. animal cells?

Answer 6

-cell wall (only plants)
-chloroplast (only plants)
-vacuole (bigger in plants)

Question 7

What is the purpose of the cell wall?

Answer 7

-provides support

Question 8

What is the purpose of the chloroplast?

Answer 8

-use energy from sunlight to make glucose

Question 9

What is the purpose of the large vacuole?

Answer 9

-storage area
-turgor pressure inside PUSHES against cell wall

Question 10

What did Jensen discover?

Answer 10

created the first compound microscope

Question 11

What did Hooke discover?

Answer 11

first to see cells in cork and invented the term “cell”

Question 12

What did Leeuwenhoek discover?

Answer 12

first to see animal cells under a microscope

Question 13

What did Brown discover?

Answer 13

first to see a cell’s nucleus

Question 14

What did Schleiden and Schwann discover?

Answer 14

cells form the basic unit of life in all plants and animals

Question 15

What did Virchow discover?

Answer 15

cells come from previously existing cells

Question 16

What are the parts of the Cell Theory?

Answer 16

1. all living organisms are composed of cells
2. cells are the basic unit of structure + function (organization)
3. all cells are produced by other cells
4. both plant and animal cells use energy from food