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organelle

Carries out life functions in a cell.

Robert Hooke

Used his microscope to see cells in cork

Leeuwenhoek

Discovered living organisms in pond water

Matthias Schleiden

concluded that all plants are made of cells

Theodor Schwann

concluded that all animals are made of cells

Rudolf Virchow

Proposed that new cells are formed only from other existing cells

Respiration

Process that is common to all living things.

Characteristic of both cells and living organism

Extract energy from food

Remove waste from themselves

Characteristic of both cells and living organism

Nucleus

Contains nucleolus, chromosomes, genes

Cell

The most basic unit of life.

Simplest level of organization

cell

organism

Most complex level of organization

Cell structure that is NOT found in an animal cell

cell wall

mitochondria

Organelle that is the site of cellular respiration

Chloroplast

Uses energy from sunlight to make sugar

A cell is a constituent of.......

tissue, organ, organ system, organism

Photosynthesis

Process in which energy from sun is converted to energy that can be used by cells.

Phototropism

Going toward light

Tropism

Response in plants that result in movement toward or away from a stimulus.