Cells & Cell Theory

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What are the basic building blocks of all living things?

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Cells

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What tool is used to magnify and view cells?

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Microscope

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Who proposed the Cell Theory?

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Robert Hooke, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow, and Matthias Schleiden

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What is a characteristic of Prokaryotic cells?

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Unicellular, floating DNA, very small

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What type of cell lacks a nucleus?

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Prokaryote

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What is the main difference between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells?

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Prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus, while Eukaryotic cells do.

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What is the function of the cell membrane?

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It protects the cell and controls what enters and exits.

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What is cytoplasm?

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The jelly-like substance inside the cell where organelles are found.

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What are organelles?

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Specialized structures within a cell that perform specific functions.

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What is the role of the nucleus in a cell?

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It contains the cell's genetic material and controls cell activities.

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