Cells, Organelles and the Cell Theory

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Who built his own microscope and looked at living cells with it?

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, who called the cells he saw 'animolcules'.

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Which organelle is a series of passage ways that transports materials within the cell?

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Endoplasmic reticulum.

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What organelle controls and regulates cellular activity?

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Nucleus.

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Who discovered cells when he looked at cork under his microscope?

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Robert Hooke.

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Who said that cells come from other cells?

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Rudolf Virchow.

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What is the basic unit of life?

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Cell.

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What is the function of the mitochondria?

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Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, producing energy through cellular respiration.

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What is the role of the ribosome in a cell?

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Ribosomes are responsible for protein synthesis.

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What is the function of the cell membrane?

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The cell membrane controls what enters and exits the cell, maintaining homeostasis.

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What is the function of the golgi apparatus?

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The golgi apparatus modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and lipids for secretion or delivery to other organelles.