Download Cells Web Quest Individual Activity # 1

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Cells Web Quest
Individual Activity # 1 – Discovery of Cells
Part I of Activity 1
Answer all of the following in complete sentences.
1. What is the study of cells called?
2. Which English scientist is credited for discovering the cell when he looked at cork
through a microscope?
3. Which German botanist said that “all plants are made of cells” in 1838?
4. Who was the zoologist that made a similar discovery a year later?
5. What are the three main theories of cell theory (you can copy and paste for once)?
Part II of Activity 1
6. Who discovered nuclein in 1868?
7. Which two scientists built the DNA model that won them a Nobel Prize?
8. Czech monk _(Insert answer here)__. discovered different packages, which are
now called genes.
9. What are the four bases of DNA? (This can be found in the “Solving the Puzzle”
section.)
10. DNA has a shape of a double _(Insert answer here)__. (“Solving the Puzzle”
section)
Individual Activity # 2 - Organelles
Part I of Activity 2
While using “Organelle Website 1,” answer the following questions. Give the
function for each of the following cell organelles:
11. Chloroplast –
12. Centriole –
13. Endoplasmic reticulum –
14. Ribosomes –
15. Golgi Apparatus 16. Mitochondrion 17. Lysosome –
18. Cell Membrane –
19. Cell Wall –
20. Nucleus –
21. Nucleolus –
Part II of Activity 2
22. Give 3 similarities between plant and animal cells:
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23. Give 3 differences between plant and animal cells:
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Individual Activity # 3 – Cell Structure
This is an art activity which will require you to use some art utensils. This will be
completed in class.
Extra-Credit Activity
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