Cells and Cell Function

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An instrument that makes small objects look larger.

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microscope

Front

1. In the 1600’s, the English scientist that looked at cork oak tree bark and saw tiny rooms he called cells.

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Robert Hooke

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1. The type of microscope that uses beams of electrons that can scan the surface of the specimen. 

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electron microscope

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1. The German scientist who discovered that all plants are made of cells.

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Mathias Schleiden 

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1. A possible answer to a scientific question.

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Hypothesis

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1. The basic unit of structure and function in living things.

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Cell

Front

1. In the 1600’s, the Dutch businessman who was the first to observe living things through a microscope and named them animalcules.

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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1. The widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things.

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Cell Theory

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1. The German scientist who discovered that all animals are made of cells.

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Theodor Schwann

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1. The ability of a microscope to distinguish between two separate structures.

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Resolution