GENBIOLOGY Cell Theory Flashcards
Cell Theory
Theories that explain cells in every microorganism.
Cell Theory
are the primary building blocks of life.
Cell
Basic unit of life
Cell
There are three parts parts of cell theory:
- All organisms are made up of one or more cells.
- A cell is the basic structural and functional unit of organisms
- All cells come from pre-existing cells from cell division
Make the first compound microscope
(1600’s, netherlands) Zacharias Jannsen
He coined the term “Cell” as he was looking at a piece of cork under his microscope, and the little chambers he saw reminded him of the cell that the monk slept in.
(1665)Robert Hooke
He called the bacteria in his day “Animalcules”
(1667)Anton van Leeuwenhoek
He accidentally discovered bacteria by looking at dental scrapings.
(1667)Anton van Leeuwenhoek
He sends a letter to his colleague in England by the name of Robert hooke.
(1667)Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Two German scientist discovered something that today helped tied together of what we know the “CELL THEORY”
Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann
-A botanist
-Studied plant species
Matthias Schleiden
Stated that “all the plants he had looked at were all made of Cells.”
Matthias Schleiden
A scientist who studied slides of animal cells.
And a Zoologist
Theodor Schwann
Stated that “All animals are made of cells”
Theodor Schwann
He did’nt subscribe to that thought as he swore cells came from free-cell formation(they just spontaneously appeared into existence)
Schleiden
1 cell only (Already an organism)
Unicellular
2 or more (Organism is made up of two or more cells)
Multicellular
Examples of Unicellular organism
Bacteria, Amoeba, Plankton, Protozoans, Pneumococci.
Examples of Multicellular
Humans, Animals, Embryophytes.