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Vocabulary -Kelsey
Chapter 7 section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cell | basic unit of life that carries the characteristics of life. |
| Robert Hooke | gave the name "cell" when obserbing a cork under a microscope. |
| Leeuwenhoek | obserbed material from living specimens and saw moving cells. |
| Cell Theory | all living things are made of cells which are the basic unit of life and living cells can make more cells. |
| Schlieden | plants made of cells. |
| Schwann | animals are made of cells. |
| Virchow | cells come from other cells. |
| What three things are part if the cell theory? | schlieden, schwann, virchow. |
| Cell Membrane | cells are surrounded by a thin flexible barrier. |
| Nucleus | a large membrane-enclsoed structure that contains genetic material in the form of DNA and controls cell activity. |
| Eukaryotes | cells that are enclose their DNA in nuclei. |
| Prokaryotes | cells that do not need enclosed DNA in nuclei. |