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Date:
Discovering the Cell Video Worksheet
Period:
1. ________________ ___________________ organisms are the key to life on Earth.
2. What year did Robert Hooke see cells through the microscope?
3. Who was considered the father of the modern microscope?
4. Cells are suspended in a thick _____________________________.
5. Schlieden, Schwann, and Virchow created the ______________
_________________.
6. What was the breakthrough in 1930?
7. Electron microscopes allow you to see tremendous _______________, but only in
cells that have been ____________________.
8. The confocal laser scanning microscope provides us with _________ images that
enable us to see the shape of cells.
9. Antoni von Leeuwenhoke saw the __________ __________________ in all cells.
10. Semi-permeable means what?
11. The _________________ is the cell’s command center.
12. The chromosomes are made up of _____________.
13. Mitochondria are the cell’s _________________________.
14. Endoplasmic reticulum is responsible for ___________________ proteins and other
materials throughout the cell.
15. __________________ are sometimes called suicide sacs that store powerful digestive
enzymes.
16. What are the cilia and flagella used for?
17. __________________ converts sunlight to chemical energy through photosynthesis.
18. The most important cell activity is cell __________________.
19. Cell reproduction is the basis of all ___________.
Name:
Date:
Discovering the Cell Video Worksheet
Period:
1. Single-celled organisms are the key to life on Earth.
2. What year did Robert Hooke see cells through the microscope? 1665
3. Who was considered the father of the modern microscope? Antoni von
Leeuwenhoke
4. Cells are suspended in a thick liquid.
5. Schlieden, Schwann, and Virchow created the cell theory.
6. What was the breakthrough in 1930?
7. Electron microscopes allow you to see tremendous detail, but only in cells that
have been killed.
8. The confocal laser scanning microscope provides us with 3D images that enable
us to see the shape of cells.
9. Antoni von Leeuwenhoke saw the cell membrane in all cells.
10. Semi-permeable means what? Lets stuff in and keeps things out
11. The nucleus is the cell’s command center.
12. The chromosomes are made up of DNA.
13. Mitochondria are the cell’s powerhouse.
14. Endoplasmic reticulum is responsible for transporting proteins and other
materials throughout the cell.
15. Lysosomes are sometimes called suicide sacs that store powerful digestive
enzymes.
16. What are the cilia and flagella used for? Movement or motility
17. Chlorophyll converts sunlight to chemical energy through photosynthesis.
18. The most important cell activity is cell reproduction or division.
19. Cell reproduction is the basis of all life.