Biology: What Is So Important About Cells?
What Is So Important About Cells?
Cells are the most basic building block of all life as we know it. But what makes cells extremely important to living organisms, and why do we need cells anyway? A cell is “a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.” But what makes cells extremely important to living organisms, and why do we need cells anyway?
Cells are made of many organelles, these include the Nucleus, DNA, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Mitochondrion, Vacuoles, Cytoplasm, Endoplasmic, Golgi, and the Cell Membrane. There is one specific job of each organelle in a cell. The Nucleus is basically the control …show more content…
center for the brain. Next, DNA contains all of the information that is passed down to the cell's progeny. Then Ribosomes ‘Send messages’ to all of the organelles in a cell like a messenger. Another organelle in a cell is Lysosomes this is where the digestion occurs in a cell. Also the Mitochondrion produces all the energy to the other parts of a cell. Vacuoles are the storage areas or the ‘lockers’ of a cell. Now Cytoplasm is a jelly like substance that surrounds all the organelles in the cell. Additionally, Endoplasmic Reticulum is also a part of a cell. The purpose of this organelle is to store materials MADE by the cell, this organelle appears to be tubes that can move within the cell. In addition to the other organelles mentioned there is Golgi which allows materials into the cell and out of the cell. Finally last but not least, the cell membrane is made of lipids and for example allows food to enter a cell and releases the waste out of the cell. Just a little bit of valuable information is that plant cells contain something called “chloroplast.”
Previously as an assignment we had to come up with an easy way for each of us individually to remember the anatomy of a cell by creating a cell analogy.
The way I chose to remember this was to interpret a cell as a baseball or softball field. I did this by figuring how the parts of a baseball field correspond with the parts of a cell, and this is what I came up with. First, the cell membrane would be the dugout because, when you walk onto the softball diamond you go through the dugout and onto the field. When the game is over you walk out of the dugout off of the field just like how the cell membrane lets things in and out. Then the nucleus would be the umpire because, the umpire is the boss on the field like in a cell. He or she makes all of the call like safe, out, strike, the pitch is too low, the pitch is too high, they left the base too early,the ball is fair, or the ball is out of bounds. Next, the DNA would be the coach because, the DNA instructs. The coach instructs drills to learn and to perform to improve playing skills and to help us advance to be better players. If the cytoplasm was the team it would work out perfectly because, the team keeps in place and they are all in it together. We hold everything in place, how we do things we stay as a team. The mitochondria would be the sun because, it provides energy to people, in this case it would be the team, umpire, and coach. The mitochondria would be the sun because, it provides energy to people, in this case it would be the team, umpire, and coach that the sun is providing its energy to. As all of these parts are a necessity to a softball field, all of the parts of a cell are necessary too. A vacuole needs the cytoplasm to its job inside of the cell. The DNA needs the cell membrane to do its job. All parts of a cell are needed to let the cell do its
job.
Although cells have multiple organelles that work together, you may be surprised about all the things that are made out of cells. All living organisms are made of cells, then wouldn’t that indefinitely be enough logic and much simpler to believe that they form organs and tissues? Well sadly, that is not the case. Organs are made up of tissues and tissues are made up of cells, so everything is made up of cells. Cells make tissues and tissues make organs. Something that isn’t made up of many cells is an amoeba, a single cellular organism that is constantly changing it’s shape. A unicellular creature is the same as an amoeba except it does not change it’s shape. In contrast to a unicellular creature is a multicellular creature which is made up of more than one, multiple cells.
Of all living (Known) organisms there is plants, animals, and humans in which all are made of cells. But there is a difference between the cells. In a plant cell there is chloroplast, as mentioned previously which is part of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs only in plants and in photosynthesis the goal is to use the sunlight energy to make sugar. Also plants have a cell wall, unlike any other kind of cell found in humans or animals. Then animals have a cell membrane which is found in a human cell as well as plant cells.
The next question to ask yourself is what are the “ingredients” of a cell? We already know that all things, living or nonliving are made up of atoms. We also know that molecules are just atoms that have previously been blended or combined together. Just to put this into perspective as biologist, Mahlon Hoagland has said “If an atom were a size of a pea, a molecule would be the size of a marble, and one cell would be the size of a cruise ship. A human body would be the size of North America.” Speaking of atoms, they are the most basic ELEMENT of life, whereas a cells are the most basic UNIT of life.
Next, there are just some miscellaneous facts or misconceptions that are made about cells that don’t fall under any category in this paper. Some examples are, organelles do things like breathing and manufacturing proteins. Next, many people assume that any acid such as nucleic acid destroys a cell slowly by “eating away bit by bit, calmly destroying it.” And that isn’t what happens at all, nucleic acids actually make up one point five percent (1.5%) of a cell. They also basically control the cell by deciding what gets made and when it gets made. Also, many people believe that carbohydrates are fat that is burned for energy, which is not true. Carbohydrates are “any of various neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (as sugars, starches, and celluloses) most of which are formed by green plants and which constitute a major class of animal foods.” The fats of a cell are on the cell's outer membrane and take up about one percent. (1%) A cell consists of ninety percent (90%) water, proteins which are made of amino acids, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids.
How were cells discovered? That was one of the first questions that I asked myself when I first learned about cells. To my surprise a man I had never heard of, Robert Hooke discovered cells by looking extremely close at a wine cork. Robert Hooke was also the first person to look at and visibly see the first bacteria. After that question was answered for me my old science teacher introduced to use “protoplasm.” Honestly I had no idea whatsoever in the world what protoplasm was, so that was the next question I asked. What is protoplasm? Later I soon was informed that protoplasm is a living part of a cell that is comprising the living part of a cell.
In the end it all boils down to cells, every living thing revolves around cells because they support all life as we know it. Robert Hooke “Discovered” cells and everything in them, nucleus, DNA, ribosomes, lysosomes, mitochondrion, vacuoles, cytoplasm, endoplasmic, golgi, and the cell membrane. Cells make up all living things, as stated before cells make up tissues and tissues make up cells. All life is based off of cells and cells are necessary to life.
Cells are the most basic building block of all life as we know it. But what makes cells extremely important to living organisms, and why do we need cells anyway? A cell is “a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.” But what makes cells extremely important to living organisms, and why do we need cells anyway?
Cells are made of many organelles, these include the Nucleus, DNA, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Mitochondrion, Vacuoles, Cytoplasm, Endoplasmic, Golgi, and the Cell Membrane. There is one specific job of each organelle in a cell. The Nucleus is basically the control …show more content…
center for the brain. Next, DNA contains all of the information that is passed down to the cell's progeny. Then Ribosomes ‘Send messages’ to all of the organelles in a cell like a messenger. Another organelle in a cell is Lysosomes this is where the digestion occurs in a cell. Also the Mitochondrion produces all the energy to the other parts of a cell. Vacuoles are the storage areas or the ‘lockers’ of a cell. Now Cytoplasm is a jelly like substance that surrounds all the organelles in the cell. Additionally, Endoplasmic Reticulum is also a part of a cell. The purpose of this organelle is to store materials MADE by the cell, this organelle appears to be tubes that can move within the cell. In addition to the other organelles mentioned there is Golgi which allows materials into the cell and out of the cell. Finally last but not least, the cell membrane is made of lipids and for example allows food to enter a cell and releases the waste out of the cell. Just a little bit of valuable information is that plant cells contain something called “chloroplast.”
Previously as an assignment we had to come up with an easy way for each of us individually to remember the anatomy of a cell by creating a cell analogy.
The way I chose to remember this was to interpret a cell as a baseball or softball field. I did this by figuring how the parts of a baseball field correspond with the parts of a cell, and this is what I came up with. First, the cell membrane would be the dugout because, when you walk onto the softball diamond you go through the dugout and onto the field. When the game is over you walk out of the dugout off of the field just like how the cell membrane lets things in and out. Then the nucleus would be the umpire because, the umpire is the boss on the field like in a cell. He or she makes all of the call like safe, out, strike, the pitch is too low, the pitch is too high, they left the base too early,the ball is fair, or the ball is out of bounds. Next, the DNA would be the coach because, the DNA instructs. The coach instructs drills to learn and to perform to improve playing skills and to help us advance to be better players. If the cytoplasm was the team it would work out perfectly because, the team keeps in place and they are all in it together. We hold everything in place, how we do things we stay as a team. The mitochondria would be the sun because, it provides energy to people, in this case it would be the team, umpire, and coach. The mitochondria would be the sun because, it provides energy to people, in this case it would be the team, umpire, and coach that the sun is providing its energy to. As all of these parts are a necessity to a softball field, all of the parts of a cell are necessary too. A vacuole needs the cytoplasm to its job inside of the cell. The DNA needs the cell membrane to do its job. All parts of a cell are needed to let the cell do its
job.
Although cells have multiple organelles that work together, you may be surprised about all the things that are made out of cells. All living organisms are made of cells, then wouldn’t that indefinitely be enough logic and much simpler to believe that they form organs and tissues? Well sadly, that is not the case. Organs are made up of tissues and tissues are made up of cells, so everything is made up of cells. Cells make tissues and tissues make organs. Something that isn’t made up of many cells is an amoeba, a single cellular organism that is constantly changing it’s shape. A unicellular creature is the same as an amoeba except it does not change it’s shape. In contrast to a unicellular creature is a multicellular creature which is made up of more than one, multiple cells.
Of all living (Known) organisms there is plants, animals, and humans in which all are made of cells. But there is a difference between the cells. In a plant cell there is chloroplast, as mentioned previously which is part of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs only in plants and in photosynthesis the goal is to use the sunlight energy to make sugar. Also plants have a cell wall, unlike any other kind of cell found in humans or animals. Then animals have a cell membrane which is found in a human cell as well as plant cells.
The next question to ask yourself is what are the “ingredients” of a cell? We already know that all things, living or nonliving are made up of atoms. We also know that molecules are just atoms that have previously been blended or combined together. Just to put this into perspective as biologist, Mahlon Hoagland has said “If an atom were a size of a pea, a molecule would be the size of a marble, and one cell would be the size of a cruise ship. A human body would be the size of North America.” Speaking of atoms, they are the most basic ELEMENT of life, whereas a cells are the most basic UNIT of life.
Next, there are just some miscellaneous facts or misconceptions that are made about cells that don’t fall under any category in this paper. Some examples are, organelles do things like breathing and manufacturing proteins. Next, many people assume that any acid such as nucleic acid destroys a cell slowly by “eating away bit by bit, calmly destroying it.” And that isn’t what happens at all, nucleic acids actually make up one point five percent (1.5%) of a cell. They also basically control the cell by deciding what gets made and when it gets made. Also, many people believe that carbohydrates are fat that is burned for energy, which is not true. Carbohydrates are “any of various neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (as sugars, starches, and celluloses) most of which are formed by green plants and which constitute a major class of animal foods.” The fats of a cell are on the cell's outer membrane and take up about one percent. (1%) A cell consists of ninety percent (90%) water, proteins which are made of amino acids, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids.
How were cells discovered? That was one of the first questions that I asked myself when I first learned about cells. To my surprise a man I had never heard of, Robert Hooke discovered cells by looking extremely close at a wine cork. Robert Hooke was also the first person to look at and visibly see the first bacteria. After that question was answered for me my old science teacher introduced to use “protoplasm.” Honestly I had no idea whatsoever in the world what protoplasm was, so that was the next question I asked. What is protoplasm? Later I soon was informed that protoplasm is a living part of a cell that is comprising the living part of a cell.
In the end it all boils down to cells, every living thing revolves around cells because they support all life as we know it. Robert Hooke “Discovered” cells and everything in them, nucleus, DNA, ribosomes, lysosomes, mitochondrion, vacuoles, cytoplasm, endoplasmic, golgi, and the cell membrane. Cells make up all living things, as stated before cells make up tissues and tissues make up cells. All life is based off of cells and cells are necessary to life.