The Cell

The Cell

• Cell: smallest working unit of a living organism

The animal cell

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The parts of cell are known as cell organelles

• Cell membrane

  • Allow substances in and out of the cell

  • Protects the cell

• Cytoplasm

  • Watery fluid that organelles float in

• Nucleus

  • Contains genes that control the cell

• Mitochondrion

  • Where energy is released in respiration

• Ribosome

  • Where proteins are made

The plant cell

• Cell wall

  • Support

  • Protection

• Vacuole

  • Storage of food and water

• Chloroplast

  • Photosynthesis

• Mitochondrion

  • Where energy is released in respiration

• Ribosome

  • Where proteins

The microscope

Anton van Leeuwenhoek => first basic microscope

Robert Hooke => improved the microscope