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Cell History Terms
Background information on important people and theories
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Biology
7th Grade
10/31/2011

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Anton Von Leeuwanhoek
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First person to see bacteria and use a microscope, also looked at heart cells and that yeast is unicellular
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Robert Hooke
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First person to use the word "cell"

Looked at cork cells under a microscope

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cell
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mean "tiny boxes" in latin
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Theodor Schwann
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came up with the first two parts of the cell theory
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Rudolf Virchow
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came up with the 3rd part of the cell theory
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Cell Theory
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1.  All living things are made of cells

2. Cells only come from other living cells

3. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living things

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Theory
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a proposed explanation that has many facts to back it up that have been collected through experimentation
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5 levels of organization
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cells, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

 

Come, Tickle, Our, Ocean Sea, Otters =)

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Organelles
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means "tiny organs" in latin

 

The tiny parts inside of a cell

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