science Flashcards
What does a compound microscope help you do?
Helps you see small objects
Cell theory?
- All living things of one or more cells
- The cell is the basic unit of life and does all the work to keep living things alive.
- All cells come from other cells
What did Hans and Zacharias Jansen do
helped create the first compound microscope.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
was the first to see tiny living things, which he called “animalcules.”
Robert Hooke
named the “cell” after looking at cork under a microscope.
Matthias Schleiden
said all plants are made of cells.
All together what did these scientists help us with
These scientists helped us understand what cells are and how microscopes work
Major classes of cells?
PROKARYOTIC CELL
Lacks a nucleus and most other organelles (EX: bacteria and archaea)
EUKARYOTIC CELL
Has nucleus surrounded by membrane and other organelles (EX: protists, fungi, plants, and animals)