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Robert Hooke
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The scientist who looked at cork through microscope, and gave cells their name.
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Light microscopes
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Microscopes that use lenses and light to magnify objects.
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Electrons microscopes
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Microscopes that uses beams of electrons to magnify objects. Has two types, and is the stronger type of microscope.
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Anton va Leeuwenhoek
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The scientist that looked at pond and drinking water through a microscope, and found tiny organisms.
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Matthias Schleiden
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The scientist that concluded that plants are made of cells.
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Theodor Schwann
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The scientist that concluded that animals are made of cells.
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Rudolph Virchow
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The scientist that proposed that all cells come from existing cells.
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The Cell theory
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1. All living things are made up of cells.
2. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things. 4. Cells contain specialized structures to perform functions necessary for life. |
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The Modern Cell Theory
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1. Energy flow (metabolism and biochemistry) occur within the cell.
2. Cells contain hereditary information which is passed from cell to cell during cell division. 3. All cells are basically the same in chemical composition in organisms of similar species. |
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Nucleus
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A nucleus is a large membrane- bound structure that contains the cell's genetic material and controls the majority of the cell activities.
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Prokaryotes
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Cells that do not contain a nucleus. They are simple, generally unicellular, and don't have membrane-bound organelles.
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Eukaryotes
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Cells that contain a nucleus. They are complex, can grow, and have membrane -bound organelles.
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