The Wacky History of Cell Theory

Scientists can only make discoveries in a laboratory with white lab coats and science gizmos that go beep.

• True

• False

There are three parts to the cell theory. Which is NOT one of those parts?

• All organisms are composed of one or more cells.

• The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms.

• Cells spontaneously arise from carbon and nutrients carried in the bloodstream.

• All cells come from pre-existing cells.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek made his own version of the microscope and discovered something very odd when he looked a the gunk on his teeth. What did he discover?

• Cells

• Bacteria

• cavities

• influenza

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Who named the cell?

• Robert Hooke

• Robert Redford

• Robert Smith

• Robert DeNiro

Which scientist realized that, by studying samples under a microscope, all animals are made up of cells?

• Rudolf Virchow

• Robert Remak

• Theodor Schwann

• Isaac Newton

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