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Life Processes & Human Physiology (88)Unit 2F1: Animal Cell Biology and Specialization (61)Unit 8J: Comparative Physiology: Transport & Regulation (27)Unit 8G: Comparative Physiology: Circulation, Respiration & Gas Exchange (24)Unit 7B: Population Genetics & Hardy-Weinberg Evolution (18)Unit 2F2: Animal Classification and Diversity (11)Unit 7C1: Evolution & Animal Structural Organisation (1)

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Who discovered the cell?

  1. Louis Pasteur
  2. Charles Darwin
  3. Robert Hooke
  4. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Correct answer: C. Robert Hooke

1. Robert Hooke first saw cells in 1665 in a cork slice under his microscope. 2. He coined the term 'cell' from the Latin cellula (small room). 3. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek later saw living cells in pond water. 4. So Robert Hooke discovered the cell as a structural unit. _Source: Selina Concise Biology ICSE Class 10, Ch 1 'Cell, the Structural and Functional Unit of Life'_

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Cell theory was proposed by:

  1. Hooke and Brown
  2. Watson and Crick
  3. Darwin and Mendel
  4. Schleiden and Schwann
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Correct answer: D. Schleiden and Schwann

1. Matthias Schleiden studied plant cells in 1838. 2. Theodor Schwann studied animal cells in 1839. 3. They jointly proposed the cell theory. 4. So the answer is Schleiden and Schwann. _Source: Selina Concise Biology ICSE Class 10, Ch 1 'Cell, the Structural and Functional Unit of Life'_

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Which of the following is NOT a part of an animal cell?

  1. Cell wall
  2. Cell membrane
  3. Nucleus
  4. Mitochondria
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Correct answer: A. Cell wall

1. Animal cells lack a rigid outer cell wall. 2. They are bounded only by a plasma membrane. 3. Plant cells have an additional cellulose cell wall outside the membrane. 4. So cell wall is not a part of animal cells. _Source: Selina Concise Biology ICSE Class 10, Ch 1 'Cell, the Structural and Functional Unit of Life'_

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