Lesson 2

Question 1

a. He first coined the “cells” in his bestselling book, “Micrographia” in 1665.

Answer 1

Robert Hooke

Question 2

b. He observed a slice of cork in a microscope.

Answer 2

Robert Hooke

Question 3

c. He based the term ‘cells’ on the cells of a monastery, which he compared to the actual cells of a dead cork plant tissue.
d. Invented the early microscope
e. First to be credited in publishing of seeing a cell in 1666.
f. Most commemorate work came from a thin slice of cork.
g. He described it as having a perforated and porous surface like a honeycomb.

Answer 3

Robert Hooke

Question 4

Characteristics of life that the cell exhibits

Answer 4

Reproduction, development, movement, responsiveness, homeostasis, metabolism, organization, presence of genes, evolution

Question 5

The Cell Theory

Answer 5

1. All
   organisms
   are made up of cells.
2. The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life.
3. All cells arise from pre-existing cells.

Question 6

Modern interpretation of the cell theory

Answer 6

1. Energy flows within cells.
2. Cells contain a genetic material that can be passed on.
3. The activity of an organism depends on the activity of each individual, independent cell.
4. The genetic makeup of the cells of organisms that belong to the same species is the same.