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cell | membrane covered structure that contains all information necessary for life |
tissue | a group of cells |
organ | a group of tissues |
organ system | a group of organs performing a specialized function |
organism | any living thing |
population | a group of the same kind or organisms, living in the same place |
community | a group of populations |
ecosystem | a community or organisms and their nonliving environment |
unicellular | one cell |
multicellular | many cells |
terrestrial | an ecosystem on the land |
aquatic | ecosystems found in water |
Robert Hooke | first to look at cork cells |
cork | soft material found in trees |
Anton van Leeuwenhoek | found "animaalcules" in pond water |
Theodor Schwann | German scientist who stated all animal tissues are made of cells |
Rudolf Virchow | German doctor who said cells could not develop from anything except other cells |
cell membrane | barrier between the inside of the cell and its environment |
DNA | contains informatiion needed to make new cells |
organelles | chemicals and structures that allow the cell to live, grow and reproduce |
cytoplasm | cell fluid and almost anything in it |
nucleus | organelle that contains DNA |
prokaryotic | cells without a nucleus |
eukaryotic | cells with a nucleus |
bacteria | first type of cells on earth |
prokaryotic cells | have circular DNA |
eukaryotic cells | have linear DNA |
cell wall | made of cellulose and gives support to a plant cell |
ribosomes | smallest but most abundant organelles |
proteins | made up of chemicals called amino acids |
ER | makes lipids; intermal delivery system of the cell |
mitochondria | has two membranes; powerhouse of the cell |
chloroplast | energy converting organelle found in plants |
Golgi complex | located close to cell membrane: process materials to be moved out of cell |
lysosomes | digest food particles, wastes, cell parts and foreign material |
large vacuole | found in plants; stores water |
cell wall, chloroplasts and large vacuole | structues found only in plants |
vesicles | membrane covered compartments |
protein makers | ribosomes |
Matthias Schleiden | German scientist who said all plant part are made of cells |