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Question
Who coined the term “cell” ?
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Solution
The term “cell” was coined by Robert Hooke
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What is osmosis?
Carry out the following osmosis experiment:
Take four peeled potato halves and scoop each one out to make potato cups. One of these potato cups should be made from a boiled potato. Put each potato cup in a trough containing water. Now,
- Keep cup A empty.
- Put one teaspoon of sugar in cup B.
- Put one teaspoon salt in cup C.
- Put one teaspoon sugar in the boiled potato cup D.
Keep these for two hours. Then, observe the four potato cups and answer the following:
- Explain why water gathers in the hollowed portion of B and C.
- Why is potato A necessary for this experiment?
- Explain why water does not gather in the hollowed-out portions of A and D.
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Virchow
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Fill in the blank with a suitable word:
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Matching:
| 1. | Discovery of cell | a. | Nerve cell |
| 2. | Unicellular organism | b. | spirogyra |
| 3. | Multicellular organism | c. | Robert Hooke |
| 4. | Longest cell | d. | Cyanobacteria |
| 5. | Prokaryotic cell | e. | Amoeba |
