Bio: Cells and Organelles

Which invention from the 17th century allowed for the development of modern cell theory?

• x-rays
• computers
• the light microscope
• the scanning electron microscope

The combined observations of Mattias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann and Rudolph Virchow resulted in the formation of the cell theory. Which of the following is not part of the cell theory?

• All cells contain a nucleus. 
• All cells come from other living cells.
• All living organisms are made of one or more cells
•  Cells are the basic unit of structure and function of all living things.

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Cell theory states:

• All living cells must have a cell wall.
•  All living cells require glucose for survival.
• The basic unit of life is a cell.
• All cells contain a nucleus

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Unlike eukaryotes, prokaryotes do not have:

• DNA
• cytoplasm
• cell walls
• a membrane bound nucleus

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Who looked at cork and named the cell?

• Robert Hooke
• Van Leeuwenhoek
• Robert Brown
• Francesco Redi

Rocks are not living because

• they never move
• they aren't needed for humans
• they are not made of cells
• they don't break down

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Sac within the cytoplasm that is full of fluid; plants have one large; stores food, water, etc.

• vacuole
• cell wall
• lysosome
• ribosome

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Gives the cell a rigid, box-like shape; outside of the cell membrane; in plants.

• cytoplasm
• chromatin
• cell wall
• cell membrane

Consists of a jellylike substance that contains many organelles.

• ribosomes
• cytoplasm
• chloroplasts
• cell wall

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Which organelle uses energy from sunlight to make sugar?

• mitochondria
• nucleus
• chloroplasts
• vacuoles

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