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Cell Theory. Chapter 3 Biology Mr. Gilbertson. Hooke’s microscope. THE CELL. SMALLEST UNIT THAT CAN CARRY ON ALL PROCESSES OF LIFE UNICELLULAR - ONE CELL MULTICELLULAR - MANY CELLS. THE CELL THEORY. ALL LIVING THINGS ARE COMPOSED OF ONE OR MORE CELLS
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Cell Theory Chapter 3 Biology Mr. Gilbertson Hooke’s microscope
THE CELL • SMALLEST UNIT THAT CAN CARRY ON ALL PROCESSES OF LIFE • UNICELLULAR - ONE CELL • MULTICELLULAR - MANY CELLS
THE CELL THEORY • ALL LIVING THINGS ARE COMPOSED OF ONE OR MORE CELLS • CELLS ARE ORGANISMS’ BASIC UNITS OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION • CELLS COME ONLY FROM OTHER CELLS BY REPRODUCTION
People Who Contributed to the Cell Theory • Robert Hooke – credited with the discovery and naming of cells • Felix Dujardin – discovered the living fluid in a cell called “protoplasm” • Matthais Schleiden – German botanist who first proposed all plants and all plant parts are made of cells. Co-founder of cell theory • Theodor Schwann – German zoologist who proposed that all animals and all animal parts are made of cells. Co-founder of the cell theory. • Rudolf Virchow - published an influential theory that cells arose from each other in a continuous series of generations.
The modern tenets of the Cell Theory include: • All known living things are made up of cells. • The cell is structural & functional unit of all living things. • All cells come from pre-existing cells by division. (Spontaneous Generation does not occur). • Cells contains hereditary information which is passed from cell to cell during cell division. • All cells are basically the same in chemical composition. • All energy flow (metabolism & biochemistry) of life occurs within cells.
CELL DIVERSITY • SIZE • RANGE FROM 2M LONG TO .2 MICROMETERS IN DIAMETER • MOST ARE BETWEEN 20 TO 50 MICROMETERS IN DIAMETER • SIZE IS LIMITED BY THE SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO (AS SIZE INCREASES THE VOLUME INCREASES FASTER THAN THE SURFACE AREA) see page 55 • SHAPE • MOST ARE ROUGHLY CUBOIDAL OR SPHERICAL • TRISKADECKAHEDRON (13 FLAT SIDES) VERY COMMON • DIVERSITY OF SHAPE IS RELATED TO CELL FUNCTION • INTERNAL ORGANIZATION • PROKARYOTES - SIMPLE CELLS WITH NO NUCLEUS OR MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES • EUKARYOTES - COMPLEX CELLS WHICH HAVE MANY MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES
Common Features of Cells • Cell membrane – surrounds and encloses cell separates interior of the cell from the environment. • Cytoplasm – cell sap (fluid in which organelles are found. • Cytoskeleton – microscopic fibers which hold organelles in place and allow movement. • Ribosomes – protein factories • DNA – hereditary material.
Prokaryote • Bacteria are the best known and most studied form of prokaryotic organisms, • Discovery of a second group of prokaryotes, called archaea, has provided evidence of a third cellular domainof life and new insights into the origin of life itself. • Are unicellular organisms • Each cell in the colony is identical and capable of independent existence. • Are capable of inhabiting almost every place on the Earth, from the deep ocean, to the edges of hot springs, to just about every surface of our bodies.
Prokaryotes Characteristics: • No nuclear membrane (genetic material dispersed throughout cytoplasm) • No membrane-bound organelles • Simple internal structure • Most primitive type of cell (appeared about four billion years ago
Evolution of Eukaryotes • Eukaryotes are generally more advanced than prokaryotes. There are many unicellular organisms which are eukaryotic, but all cells in multicellular organisms are eukaryotic. • It is hypothesized that a primitive bacterium once surrounded its food after releasing its digestive enzymes. The membrane folded inward and pinched off, creating the first digestive membrane-bound organelle. • This bacterium was engulfed by another and they developed a symbiotic relationship (endosymbiosis) • The engulfed bacterium evolved and became the mitochondria in present-day cells.
Eukaryote Cells Characteristics: • Nuclear membrane surrounding genetic material • Numerous membrane-bound organelles • Complex internal structure • Appeared approximately one billion years ago Examples: • Paramecium • Dinoflagellates • Homo sapiens • All multicellular organisms
PARTS OF A CELL • THREE MAIN COMPONENTS • CELL MEMBRANE -WHICH SURROUNDS AND SEPARATES THE CELL FROM ITS ENVIRONMENT • CYTOPLASM - LIES WITHIN THE MEMBRANE AND CONTAINS WATER, SALTS, AND SURROUNDS ORGANELLES • NUCLEUS - CONTAINS DNA AND DIRECTS CELL ACTIVITIES