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    SECTION CELL THEORY

    3.1 Reinforcement
    Cell Structure and Function

    KEY CONCEPT Cells are the basic unit of life.


    CHAPTER 3

    The invention of the microscope in the late 1500s revealed to early scientists a whole
    new world of tiny cells. Most cells are so small that they cannot be seen without a
    microscope. The discoveries of scientists from the 1600s through the 1800s led to the
    cell theory, which is a unifying concept of biology. The cell theory has three major
    principles:
    • All organisms are made of cells.
    • All existing cells are produced by other living cells.
    • The cell is the most basic unit of life.

    All cells can be divided into two major groups: prokaryotic cells or eukaryotic cells.
    The main differences between the two kinds of cells are in their structure:
    • Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus defined by a membrane, while prokaryotic cells
    have no nucleus.
    • In eukaryotic cells, the DNA, or genetic information, is found in the nucleus. In
    prokaryotic cells, the DNA is found in the cytoplasm, the jellylike substance
    that fills both types of cells.
    • Eukaryotic cells have organelles, structures that perform jobs for a cell. Most
    organelles are surrounded by membranes. Prokaryotic cells do not have organelles
    surrounded by membranes.
    Prokaryotic cells make up organisms called prokaryotes. All prokaryotes are tiny

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    and consist of single cells. Bacteria are prokaryotic cells. Eukaryotic cells make
    up eukaryotes. You are a eukaryote, as are plants and some types of single-celled
    organisms. All multicellular organisms, or organisms that have many cells, are
    eukaryotes.

    1. What is the smallest, most basic unit of life?

    2. Where is the DNA in a prokaryote? in a eukaryote?

    3. Why would you need a microscope to see a prokaryotic organism?

    4. A friend tells you he read somewhere that rotting garbage can turn into maggots, which
    are fly larvae, and the maggots then can grow into adult flies. What part of the cell
    theory could you use to refute his claim?

    4 Reinforcement Unit 2 Resource Book


    McDougal Littell Biology

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