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Cell Unit
Cells
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Biology
9th Grade
02/19/2009

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Term
cell
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What is the smallest unit of life?
Term
Robert Hooke
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Who first discovered cells?
Term
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Definition
Who saw the first living cells?
Term
all plants are composed of cells
Definition
What did Matthias Schleiden conclude?
Term
all animals are composed of cells
Definition
What did Theodor Schwann conclude?
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animals arise only from animals and plants arise only from plants
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What did Rudolph Virchow conclude?
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1. Cells are the basic units of life

2. All organisms are made of one or more cells

3. All cells arise from prexisting cells

Definition
What are the 3 parts of the cell theory?
Term
200, function
Definition
There are over ____ types of cells in the human body alone. Their cell shape is related to their ______.
Term
10-100 um
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Most cells are only ___-___um in diameter to ensure a high surface area to volume ratio.
Term
so that there is plenty of surface to allow functions to occur
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Why does cell surface area need to be so much larger than its volume?
Term

- nuclear material

- cell membrane

- cytoplasm (ribosomes)

Definition
What are the 3 basic features common to all types of cells?
Term

Prokaryotic

Bacteria

Archea

 

Eukaryotic

Animalia

Plantae

Fungi

Protista

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Cells can be classified into what two basic categories?

In which kingdoms would you find them?

Term
Prokaryotic
Definition
Fossil evidence suggests the earliest cells to live on our planet were which type?
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