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INTRODUCTION TO CELL Flashcards

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Define cell

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Cells are the fundamental structural and functional unit of life and are the basic unit of life

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What is the fundamental unit of life?

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Cell

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What is the field of study that focuses on cells’ structures and functions?

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Cell biology

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Define cell biology

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Study of cells in all aspects of structures and functions

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Who discovered and named cells while examining cork under a microscope?

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Robert Hooke

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What Robert hooke discovered?

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Robert Hooke discovered and named cells

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How Robert Hooke discovered and named cells ?

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while examining cork under a microscope

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When Robert Hooke discovered and named cells while examining cork under a microscope?

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1665

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Who discovered free-living cells in pond water for the first time ?

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Anton von Leewwenhoek

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Who was Robert hooke

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An English scientist

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When Anton von Leewwenhoek discovered free-living cells in pond water ?

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1674

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Who was Anton von Leewwenhoek?

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A Dutch microscopist

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13
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Who discovered sperms?

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Anton von Leewwenhoek

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When Anton von Leewwenhoek discovered Sperms?

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1678

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Who was Robert Brown?

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A Scottish botanist

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What Robert Brown Discover

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Discovered and named the nucleus in plant cells

17
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When Robert Brown Discover and name the nucleus in plant cell

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1831

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Who was J.E. Purkinje?

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A Czech animal physiologist

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Who coined the term “protoplasm” for the living fluid substance inside cells in 1839?

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J.E. Purkinje

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What J.E. purkinje discovered?

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Gave the termed Protoplasm for the living fluid substance present inside the cell.

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When J.E. purkinje gave the termed protoplasm?

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1839

22
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Who established that the nucleus stores and transmits hereditary information?

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Haeckel

23
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What Haeckel discovered about nucleus?

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nucleus was responsible for storing and transmiting hereditary information

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When Haeckel established that the nucleus stores and transmits hereditary information?

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1866

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