Who coined the term 'cell'?
. Name the following:
(a) Powerhouse of the cell
(c) Digestive bag
(e) Site for cellular respiration
(g) Colourless plastid
(i) Protein factories of a cell
(b) Kitchen of the cell
(d) Suicidal bag
(f) Coloured plastid
(h) Green plastid
() Chief controlling centre of a cell
Answers
B lysosomes
C mitochondria
D chromoplasts
E ribosome
G chloroplasts
H lysosome
I brain
Explanation:
#Who coined the term 'cell'?
=Robert Hooke
The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' In the 1660s, Robert Hooke looked through a primitive microscope at a thinly cut piece of cork. He saw a series of walled boxes that reminded him of the tiny rooms, or cellula, occupied by monks. Medical historian Dr. Howard Markel discusses Hooke's coining of the word "cell.
(a) Powerhouse of the cell
=Mitochondria
(c) Digestive bag
=lysosomes
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(e) Site for cellular respiration
=mitochondrion.
(g) Colourless plastid
=Leucoplasts are the non-pigmented plastids that are colourless.
(i) Protein factories of a cell
=Ribosomes are known as the protein factory of the cell.
(b) Kitchen of the cell
=chloroplast.
(d) Suicidal bag
==lysosomes.
(f) Coloured plastid
=chromoplasts.
(h) Green plastid
=Plastid
() Chief controlling centre of a cell
=NUCLEUS