Flashcards in Cell Structure & Function Discoverers/Energy Requirements of Living Organisms Deck (13)
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Who used the word "cell" for the first time after looking at cork cells under a microscope
Robert Hooke
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Why did Robert Hooke call the cell the cell
Because cork seemed to be made of thousands of tiny empty chambers called cells
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Who discovered microorganisms
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
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Who determined all plants are made of cells
Matthias Schleiden
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Who determined all animals are made of cells
Theodore Schwann
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Who determined that cells could only arise from preexisting cells
Virchow
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What is the Cell Theory
All things are composed of cells
Cells are basic units of structures
New cells are produced from living things
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Living organisms need a constant supply of
Energy
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Why do organisms need a constant supply of energy
To maintain & to grow & to reproduce
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How do heterotrophs get energy
They are consumers, cannot make their own food
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Examples of heterotrophs
Fungi, animals
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How do autotrophs get energy
They are producers, can make their own food
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