The Organization Of Cells Flashcards

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Provide another definition of a cell

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A mass of cytoplasm and a nucleus that is surrounded by the cell membrane and, in plants, surrounded by a cell wall

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The contents of the cell consists of large numbers of….. Of various types

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Atoms

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Atoms form molecules that are grouped together to form

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Organelles

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The cell a of an organism differ from each other /are similar to each other

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Differ from each other

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Cells are grouped according to

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Their shape and function

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A group of cells that carry out a specific function forms ………

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Tissue

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A group of tissues make up

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An organ

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Organs work together in groups to form

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Systems

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Systems that work together in groups form

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An organism

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Define the biology term :Tissue

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Consists of a group of cells with the same structure which work together to carry out a common function. examples in humans are muscle and nerve tissue

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Define the biology term:An organ

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Structure of a specific shape and function that consists of more than one type of tissue in humans examples are the heart that is an organ that consists of muscle, nerve and support tissue

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Define the biology term : A system

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Is a group of different organs working together to carry out a common function, together the organs form a system. The digestive system in the human body consists of various organs, such as the stomach, liver, pancreas, the small intestine and large intestine.

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Define the biology term : An organism(human organism)

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Is made up of different systems that function together as a unit.

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Give the levels of how a body is organized

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Atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissue, organ, system, organism

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Before what century the structure of the cell was known

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Seventeenth century

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Why was there little information about the structure of the cell

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Because there was no apparatus available to examine the minute structures

17
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What happened in 1590

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Two Netherlands Hans and Zachariah Janssen designed the first compound microscope (microscope with more than one lens)

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What did the Netherland, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek built

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A spectacle maker(1632-1723) built various simple microscopes by using lenses that he ground himself, the blood flow in the blood vessels of a fish’s tale could be observed

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After Antonie, the english scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703) built what

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An instrument that can be considered the forerunner of the modern compound light microscope. He examined thin slices of cork under his microscope and saw small cavities surrounded by a wall, it reminded him of a honeycomb and named it cells