Cell Theory and Vocabulary

The basic unit of life

• Autotroph

• cell

• Prokaryote

• Unicellular

An organism that is made up of many cells

• Autotroph

• Eukaryote

• Multicellular

• Heterotroph

an organism that is made up of only one cell.

• Unicellular

• Autotroph

• Prokaryote

• Heterotroph

An organism whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles

• Eukaryote

• Unicellular

• Prokaryote

• Heterotroph

An organism that is able to produce its own food through the process of photosynthesis

• Eukaryote

• Heterotroph

• Cell

• Autotroph

an organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other organelles

• Eukaryote

• Multicellular

• Prokaryote

• Autotroph

An organism that must consume other organisms in order to obtain energy

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

Cells come from______.

• other preexisting cells

• cytoplasm

• organelles

• prokaryotes

The cell theory states that_________

• cells come from cells

• all organisms are made of cells

• cells are the basic unit of structure and function for life

• all of the above

________ is the scientist who saw small chambers when looking at cork, and named them “cells”.

• Newton

• Hooke

• Carson

• Manning