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Cell Theory and Plant Cell Functions

Bichat got the idea that organs are made of tissues from examining many bodies after death and cutting them up to determine cause of death. Robert Hooke first described cells using a microscope in the 1600s. Robert Brown named the nucleus in 1873 and the word means 'little nut'. A microscope was essential for the study of cells. Cell theory could have been developed sooner with more careful dissection of the human body revealing organs are made of tissues and cells.

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Cell Theory and Plant Cell Functions

Bichat got the idea that organs are made of tissues from examining many bodies after death and cutting them up to determine cause of death. Robert Hooke first described cells using a microscope in the 1600s. Robert Brown named the nucleus in 1873 and the word means 'little nut'. A microscope was essential for the study of cells. Cell theory could have been developed sooner with more careful dissection of the human body revealing organs are made of tissues and cells.

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1. Where did Bichat get his idea that organs were made from tissues?

examined many bodies after they had died. He cut up the bodies of dead people to find out how
they had died.

2. Who first described cells and where did the idea for the word come from?

Robert Hooke (1635–1703) used a microscope

3. Who named the nucleus and what does the word mean?

Robert Brown (1773–1858)

means ‘little nut’.

4. What instrument was essential for the study of cells?

microscope

5. How could cell theory have been developed sooner?

The discovery of cells began by the careful dissection of the human body to reveal the organs.

6. Arrange these parts of a body in order of size starting with the largest:

– organ system
– organ
– tissue.
– cell
7. Which scientific activity did Bichat perform to think up his idea that organs were made from
tissues?
He cut up the bodies of dead people to find out how they had died.

8. Which was the final scientific activity that led Schleiden and Schwann to set up cell theory?

ellos estudiaron la partes de muchas plantas y animales y descubrieron que todas éstas estaban
compuestas por células.

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a) the dots = Cytoplasm


b) the lines? = Mitochondria
c) What is the coloured substance? = Nucleus

12 How does the cell membrane protect the cell?

Protects by the control of entry and exit of carbon dioxide and food

13 Name two things that give support to a plant cell.

Vacuole and water

14 Would you expect to find chloroplasts in a root cell? Explain your answer.
No. Porque las células de raíz no necesitan la luz del sol

15 Why do plants wilt if they are not watered regularly

When the vacuole is full of cell sap, the liquid pushes outwards on the cell wall and gives it
support. If the plant is short of water, the support is lost and the plant wilts

16 What changes have taken place in the basic plant cell to produce a root hair cell?

The cells have long, thin extensions that allow them to grow easily between the soil particles.

17 Why would it be a problem if root hair cell extensions were short and stubby?

The cells have long, thin extensions that allow them to grow easily between the soil particles. The
shape of these extensions gives the root hair cells a large surface area through which water can be
taken up from the soil.

18 How is a palisade cell different from a root hair cell? Explain these differences.

Palisade cells have a shape that allows them to pack closely together in the upper part of a leaf,
near the light

Root hair cells are plant cells that grow a short distance behind the root tip.

19 Why are there different kinds of cells?

Porque realizan diferentes funciones

20 If the red cell had a nucleus, how would this affect the oxygen supply to the other body cells?

21 Smoking damages the cilia lining the breathing tubes. What effect might this have on
breathing?

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