Review

1. Composed of Cells
2. Levels of organization
3. Metabolism
4. Respond to their environment /
Responsiveness
5. Living things Grow
6. Reproduce
7. Adapt to their environment
8. Capable of movement
9. Homeostasis
 Anticipation-reaction Guide:
Before Statement After
Agree Disagree Agree Disagree
1. Cell is the basic unit of
life.
2. Robert Hooke was the
first one to coin the
term “cell”.
3. An organism may be
either unicellular or
multicellular.
4. Plants and animals
have the same cell
organelles/parts.
5. All cells arise from pre
existing (old) cells.
Competencies:
◼To understand Cell Theory
◼To know the Scientists
behind Cell Theory
◼To identify the different parts
of the cell.
VIDEO
 Cell
◼ The cell is the basic structural,
functional and biological unit of all
known living organisms.
Unicellular
Mycoplasmas
CELL THEORY

A Brief History
Robert Hooke named the cell [1665]
based on observations of the cell walls of
cork tissue
Robert Hooke named the cell [1665]
based on observations of the cell walls of
cork tissue
Anton van Leeuwenhoek documented
unicellular organisms based on observations of
protozoa [1673] and bacteria [1683]
Paramecium
Amoeba
Matthias Schleiden proposed that cells were the
fundamental units of plants based on
observations of plant tissue [1838]
Theodor Schwann proposed that cells were the
fundamental units of animals based on
observations of animal tissue [1839]
Rudolph Virchow stated “omnis cellula a cellula
” [all cells arise from pre-existing cells based on
observations of dividing cells [1855]
 Today the cell theory is guided by these
three postulates:
◼ All organisms are made up of cells.

◼ Cells are the smallest structural and

functional unit of an organism [that
carries out the life processes].

◼ All cells arise from pre-existing cells.

Assignment: (Notebook)
Define the following organelles of the cell.
1. Cell wall
2. Cell membrane
3. Nucleus
4. Nuclear membrane
5. Cytoplasm
6. Endoplasmic Reticulum
7. Ribosome
8. Mitochondrion
9. Vacuole
10. Lysosome
11. Chloroplast