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SS1: BIOLOGY - 1ST TERM

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  1. Introduction to Biology
    7 Topics
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    2 Quizzes
  2. Recognizing Living Things
    3 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  3. Organisation of Life
    3 Topics
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    2 Quizzes
  4. Classification of Living Organisms
    6 Topics
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    2 Quizzes
  5. Kingdom Prokaryotae / Monera & Kingdom Protista
    4 Topics
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    3 Quizzes
  6. Kingdom Fungi & Kingdom Plantae
    10 Topics
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    2 Quizzes
  7. Kingdom Animalia I
    7 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  8. Kingdom Animalia II
    6 Topics
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    2 Quizzes
  9. The Cell
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  10. The Cell Structure and Functions
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  11. The Cell and its Environment
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  12. Nutrition in Plants
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
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Cell Theory

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  • Contributions to the Cell Theory (History of cells)
  • Cell Theory

Contributions to the Cell Theory (History of cells):

(i) Robert Hooke (An English Botanist) 1665:

In a 1665 publication called Micrographia, Robert Hooke coined the term “cell” for the box-like structures he observed when viewing cork tissue through a lens.

(ii) Felix Dujardin (French Biologist) 1835:

  • He discovered that cells are made up of living substances which he named protoplasm.

(iii) Matthias Schleiden (German Botanist) 1838: 

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