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Who is largely attributed to the discovery of cells?

  • Matthias Schleiden
  • Romans
  • Robert Hooke (correct)
  • Theodor Schwann
  • What is the basic structural/organizational unit of all organisms according to cell theory?

  • Cytoplasm
  • Cell (correct)
  • Nucleus
  • Mitochondria
  • Who also studied cells of both animal and plants, discovering significant differences between the two types of cells?

  • Romans
  • Robert Hooke
  • Theodor Schwann (correct)
  • Matthias Schleiden
  • What technology made the discovery of cells possible?

    <p>Magnification technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed that living organisms are made up of cells and that all cells come from pre-existing cells?

    <p>Romans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of cell theory in biology?

    <p>It provides a framework for the study of cellular biology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who made the initial discovery of cells through the invention of the microscope?

    <p>Robert Hooke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the shocking observation made by Robert Hooke when he looked at a piece of cork under the microscope?

    <p>He discovered pores in the cork structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biologists studied cells of both animal and plants, discovering significant differences between the two types of cells?

    <p>Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technology made the discovery of cells possible?

    <p>Advanced magnification technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organelle is responsible for the synthesis of lipids, metabolism of carbohydrates, and detoxification of drugs and poisons?

    <p>Endoplasmic reticulum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organelle is believed to have originated as a symbiotic relationship between an ancestral eukaryotic cell and an ingested prokaryote?

    <p>Mitochondria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which non-membrane bounded organelle is responsible for the organization and assembly of microtubules in animal cells?

    <p>Centrosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organelle is involved in the modification, sorting, and packaging of proteins for secretion from the cell?

    <p>Golgi apparatus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organelle contains enzymes responsible for breaking down and recycling cellular components and waste materials?

    <p>Lysosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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