Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Cell
- Discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, "little rooms" were described as cells within a cork sample
- Antoine Leeuwenhoek described cells from blood, sperm, and pond water, using more refined microscope lenses
- Important People
- Visible light passes through a specimen, then through glass lenses, and then finally a viewer's eye when using a light microscope, which was the first microscope created, specimens can be magnified by 1000 times
- To view the structure of cells using electron beams, scientists created the electron microscope. Magnified up to 1,000 times
- Microscopes that study the detailed architecture of cell surfaces are called Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM)
- Microscopes that study the of internal cell structures are called Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM)
- Types of Microscopes
- Increase in an object's image size in comparison to its actual size is magnification
- The measure of the clarity of an item is called resolution
- Vocabulary Words
- Cell Theory
- 1) All living things are composed of cells
- 2) All cells come from other cells
- 3) Cells are the most basic unit of life
- Viruses
- The exception to the cell theory (if alive)
- On going debate on whether or not they are alive
- Cell Size
- Must be large enough to house DNA, protein, and structures essential to survival and reproduction
- Must be small enough to allow for a surface-to-volume ratio that will allow adequate exchange with the environment
- Surface Area to Volume Ratio
- Gets smaller as the cell gets larger
- Gets larger as cell gets smaller
- Surface Area:
(6)(LW)
- SA/V
- Volume:
(L)(W)(H)