Cells

Question 1

Types of cells

Answer 1

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic

Question 2

Cell theory

Answer 2

It was given by Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann. They state that all living things are made of cells and all cells come from other cells

Question 3

Robert Hooke (1665)

Answer 3

First person to describe what a cell was.

Question 4

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 4

First person to determine that cells were living things names animacules

Question 5

Prokaryotic

Answer 5

1. Found in bacteria and archaea
2. Lacks nucleus
3. Lacks membrane-enclosed organelles
4. Smaller

Question 6

Eukaryotic

Answer 6

1. Found in eukarya
2. Contains membrane-enclosed organelles
3. Contains nucleus

Question 7

Chromosome

Answer 7

Contains genetic material in the form of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Question 8

DNA

Answer 8

1. Contains genes that are transmitted from parents to offspring, and are the units of inheritance
2. Encode the information necessary to build all of the molecules which establish the cell’s identity and function
3. Made up of two long stand arranged in a double helix
   -each chain is made up of 4 chemical buildings called nuecleotides (A, T, C and G)

Question 9

Gene expression

Answer 9

The process by which information encoded in DNA directs the synthesis of protein or, in some cases, RNAs that are not translated into proteins and instead function as RNAs

Question 10

Genome

Answer 10

The genetic material of an organism or virus; the complete complement of an organism’s genes along with its noncoding nucleus acid sequences

Question 11

What was the human genome project about?

Answer 11

It was about finding out where each of the genes that control certain things are. It was a race between a private lab Craig Ventner and the US Government