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DISCOVERING CELLS
vocabulary: cells and scientists who discovered them!
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Science
7th Grade
11/11/2007

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Robert Hooke
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one of first scientists to observe cells

through a microscope

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cell wall
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surrounds the plant cell

 

gives support and shape to plant cell

 

does not exist in animal cells

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cell membrane
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surrounds the animal cell

 

is the inside wall of the plant cell

 

controls cell movement, providing a limited amount of support

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nucleus
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found near the center of the cell

 

controls cell activities

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cytoplasm
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a jelly-like material found throughout the cell

 

chemical reactions within the cell take place in the cytoplasm

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chloroplast
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distributed throughout the cytoplasm

 

found only in plant cells

 

this is where photosynthesis happens!

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cell theory
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widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things:

  • all living things are made of cells
  • cells are the basic unit of life
  • all cells are made from other cells
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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first scientist to observe single-celled organisms that are now called bacteria
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Matthais Schleiden
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scientist who concluded that

all plants are made up of cells

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Theodor Schwann
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scientist who concluded that

all animals are made of cells

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Rudolph Virchow
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scientist who proposed that

new cells are formed only from existing cells

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