| Question | Answer |
| One of the first microscopes was made by this scientist. | Anton von Leeuwenhoek
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In 1665, this English scientist used a microscope to examine a thin slice of cork and described it as consisting of "a great many little boxes. | Robert Hooke.
| Which scientist said " Plants are composed of cells." | Matthais Schleiden.
| Which famous scientist said: "THE ANIMAL ARISES ONLY FROM AN ANIMAL AND THE PLANT ONLY FROM A PLANT" OR " THAT CELLS ONLY COME FROM OTHER CELLS". | Rudolf Virchow
| A cell component that PERFORMS SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS FOR THE CELL is defined as... | organelle
| What is the name of the organelle that controls all cell activity? | nucleus
| My metabolic functions all take place in the cytoplasm. What type of cell am I? | prokaryotic
| I can convert food molecules into ATP energy on my inner folding membrane. What am I? | mitochondria
| I am made up of lipids and proteins and I am part of every cell. What am I? | plasma membrane
| I am an important organelle in all cells and I am not surrounded by a membrane.What am I? |
| My contractions help to move organelles through the cytoplasm. What am I? | cytoskeleton
| My DNA is sometimes described as naked, which is embarrassing but true! Which type of cell would you find me in? | prokaryotic
| I am sticky and always found outside cells. I use my "stickiness" to attach to other cells. What am I? | capsule
| All of us have DNA and double membranes. Can you identify us? | mitochondria, chloroplast, nucleus
| My size is small. My longest length is 35micrometers. When I am magnified 1800X, what will my measured length be on a diagram? | 6.3cm
| When was the first electron microscope invented? | 1930"s
| What is the total magnification of the electron microscope? | 1,000,000X
| What is SEM and what does it magnify? | scanning electron microscopy - it magnifies surfaces of specimens/objects |
