Unit 2 Vocabulary

The basic unit of structure and function in a cell

• carbohydrate

• cell

• lipid

• protein

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theory that all living things are composed of units called cells, that cells are the basic unit of structure and function of living organisms, and that all cells come from other living cells

• atomic theory

• theory of evolution

• cell theory

• plate tectonics theory

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an English physicist who was the first person to observe cells using on of the first light microscopes; gave cells their name

• Anton van Leewenhoek

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

A Dutch businessman who was the first to observe living cells in a drop of pond water with a simple microscope

• Anton van Leewenhoek

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Scleiden

• Robert Hooke

A German botanist who was the first to introduce the idea that all plants are made up of cells

• Anton van Leewenhoek

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

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a German zoologist who introduced the idea that animals are made up of cells

• Anton van Leewenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Rudolf Virchow

• Theodor Schwann

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a German physician who was the first to introduce the idea that all cells are created from other preexisting cells

• Anton van Leewenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Rudolf Virchow

• Theodor Schwann

a barrier that separates the cell from its surroundings; controls what enters and exits the cell

• nuclear pore

• nuclear membrane

• cell wall

• cell membrane

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living organism made up of only one prokaryotic cell

• animal

• plant

• fungi

• bacteria

any organism made up of eukaryotic cells; any organism other than bacteria

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

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