Botany Cells

Smallest living unit

first saw cells in 1665

• All biological organisms are composed of cells
• Cells are the basic unit of life
• All life comes from pre-existing life

• Stated all parts composed of cells
• 1838

• Stated all animals also composed of cells –thus claimed all living things composed of cells
• 1839

• All cells come from preexisting cells
• 1858

The study of the structure and the function of cells

What is the 2 primary kind of cells?

• have no true nucleus
• the DNA is coiled up in a region called the nucleoid.
• Ex: Bacteria

• have true nucleus containing DNA
• Ex: fungi, plants and animals

What are the 2 that can only found in plant cell?

It can be only found in animal cell only

-Basic building block of plant life -they carry out all the functions necessary for survival -They are eukaryotic cells -which have a true nucleus along with specialized structures called organelles that carry out different functions.