Cell- The Fundamental Unit Of Life Flashcards
Who discovered the first living cell and in which year
Anton Von Leuweenhoek in 1674
Who gave the term cell?
Robert Hooke
Who discovered the first cell in the thin slice of cork?
Robert Hooke
Who gave the term Protoplasm?
Purkinje
Who discovered nucleus?And in which year?
Robert Brown 1831
Primitive nucleus is the characteristic of which type of organisms?
Prokaryotes
Who proposed the cell theory?
Schleiden and Schwann
“Omnis cellula e cellula” was given by
Rudolf Virchow
The shape and size of the cell is related to it’s ____________
Function
The smallest cell is of________
Mycoplasma, 0.3um
The largest cell is of
Ostrich egg
The physical basis of life is ________
Protoplasm
_________ is the delimiting structure of cell.
Cell membrane
The cell membrane is ____________ permeable, to allow entry of some substances in and out of the cell.
Selectively
The cell membrane is made up of
Lipids and proteins
The exchange of gases in the living cells take place through the process of _________
Diffusion
Name the process that help in absorption of water by roots of plants ?
Osmosis
When a plant cell is placed in hypertonic solution, what will happen
It will swell up and become turgid.
When a plant cell is placed in hypertonic solution, it will undergo ______
Plasmolysis
