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Chapter 2, Section 3

Chapter 2, Section 3. Discovering Cells. An Overview of Cells. Cells: the basic units of structure and function in living things Cells and Structure How cells are put together and the shape that forms Cells and Function

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Chapter 2, Section 3

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  1. Chapter 2, Section 3 Discovering Cells

  2. An Overview of Cells • Cells: the basic units of structure and function in living things • Cells and Structure How cells are put together and the shape that forms • Cells and Function Obtaining oxygen, getting rid of wastes, obtaining food, and growing

  3. First Observations of Cells • 1590 • The invention of the microscope made it possible for people to discover and learn about cells • Microscope: an instrument that makes small objects look larger • SIMPLE MICROSCOPE: one lens • COMPOUND MICROSCOPE: more than one lens

  4. Robert Hooke • One of the first people to observe cells • Built his own compound microscope • Used this microscope to observe thin slice of cork • Looked like tiny rectangular rooms, called them cells meaning “small rooms”

  5. Anton van Leeuwenhoek • About the same time as Hooke • Built a simple microscope • Used this microscope to observe lake water, scrapings from teeth and gums, and water from rain gutters • He noticed that many of the things he observed were ONE-CELLED • He called the moving organisms he saw • ANIMALCULES (“little animals”)

  6. Development of the Cell Theory Three scientists worked together… • Schleiden • Concluded all plants are made of cells • Schwann • Concluded that all animals are also made of cells • THEREFORE, all living things are made up of cells • Virchow • New cells are formed only from cells that already exist • “All cells come from cells”

  7. The Cell Theory • The cell theory is a widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things • All living things are composed of cells • Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things • All cells are produced from other cells

  8. Magnification and Lenses • Lenses in light microscopes magnify an object by BENDING the light that passes through them • Convex lens: magnifying glass and hand lenses • Middle of lens is thicker • Outside of lens is thinner

  9. Compound Microscope Magnification • Lenses of a LIGHT microscope… • Light passes through specimen • Then through two lenses • 1st lens near specimen magnifies object • 2nd lens near the eye further enlarges object • Example: • One lens makes an object 10 times larger, second lens makes an object 40 times larger • TOTAL: 10 X 40 = 400

  10. Resolution • Being able to clearly distinguish the individual parts of an object • Or…sharpness of an image

  11. Electron Microscope • Electron microscope uses a beam of electrons instead of light to produce a magnified image • The resolution is much better than the resolution of a light microscope

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