Cells Flashcards
What is one of Robert Hooke’s famous scientific achievements?
A diagram of thin slices of cork
What are the 2 types of microscope?
A stereo and compound microscope
What is the outside of the cell?
The Cell wall
What is a Mitochondria?
The power house of cells as it is the place where a cells energy is produced.
What do plant cells contain whereas animal cells do not?
Chloroplasts
Who was the first to discover cells?
Robert Hooke
What does cell theory state?
All organisms are composed of one of more cells
What is the centre of the cell?
The Nucleolus
Define cell membrane
the ‘skin’ of a cell, forming a double-layered barrier around it. It controls the entry and exit of things into and out of the cell.
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
What is the main purpose of the microscope?
To study the structure of cells
The stereo microscope can magnify up to?
200 times
Have Scientists always known that living things are made up of cells?
No they haven’t
Which cells did Robert Hooke discover?
Plant Cells
Who improved the microscope and found more cells than Robert Hooke?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Who were the two German biologist that proposed about cell theory in 1839?
Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden
Who completed the classic cell theory?
Rudolf Virchow
What does the microscope show?
The microscope showed that each and every living thing is made up of cells.
How can cells be viewed easier?
Cells can be viewed more easily under a microscope.
What does the cork look like in the microscope?
The cork looked like a piece of honeycomb
