2.2 Building blocks of life

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The blocks to building life
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2.2 Building blocks of life Created by Rahma Salih Abelgadir
Who created the first microscope? The first microscope created was by Zacharias Janssen (1585-1632) who was a Dutch reading glasses maker.
What did Robert Hooke see though that microscope? Robert Hooke saw thin slices of cork containing little boxes. He had discovered the basic building blocks of life.
What did Leeuwenhoek first observe and describe? He was the first person to observe and describe microscopic living things. Also he was first person to observe and describe human red blood cells and bacteria.
What the three cell theories? The three cell theories are 1)Plant cells were not empty boxes, 2)Cells are the basic building blocks of life, 3)Animals are made of cells.
Who discovered the first cell theory? A Scottish biologist named Robert Brown (1773-1858).
Who discovered the second cell theory? A German scientist named Matthias Schleiden (1804-1881)
Who discovered the third cell theory? A friend of Schleiden named Theodor Schwann (1810-1882)
What are unicellular organisms? Unicellular organisms are living things that have only one cell e.g. bacteria.
What are organelles? Organelles are tiny organs found in a cell.
Give a unicellular fungi. Yeast is one unicellular fungi.
Define mitosis? Mitosis is a cell division that produces two identical cells.
Define cell membrane Cell membrane is the 'skin' that hold a single cell together and it controls what comes in and out the cell.
Define cell Cells are the basic foundation of life or building blocks of life.
What is a fungal cell? A fungal cell is organisms which can be single celled or multiple cells.
Which protists are harmful to living organisms. Giardia Lamblia
Identify 4 Mitochondria
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