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chapter 6.01
chapters 6,7, and 8 for biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Robert Hooke | Scientist who discovered cells |
| Anton van leeuwenhoek | developed loght microscopes and oserved living cells |
| cell theory | all things are compoed of living cells, cells are the basic untit of structure and function, all cell come from pre-existing cells |
| micrograph | a photograph of the view through a microscope |
| organelle | a part of a cell with a specific job to do |
| plasma membrane | a thin outer covering that defines the boundary of the cell and regulates the traffic of chemicals between the cell and its surroundings |
| nucleus | houses the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA |
| cytoplasm | the entire region between the nucleus and the plasma membrane that consst of organelles |
| cell wall | protects the plant cell and maintains its shape |
| diffs between animal and plant cells | chlorplast in plants not animals animals don't have cell walls plants do |
| prokaryotic cell | a cell lacks a nucleus and most other organelles |
| eukaryotic cell | a cell has a nucleus surrounded by its own memebrane and has other internal organelles bounded by membranes |