Cell Theory Post Test

The scientist who first see and identify the cork “cells” using a microscope was _____

• Anton Von Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

• Robert Brown

• Matthias Schleiden

What tools were first used by the scientist to observe and describe the microscopic organisms and living cells possible?

• Magnifying lens and light microscopes

• Electron microscope and electron micrographs

• Magnifying lens and electron microscope

• Light microscope and electron micrograph

Which of the following are the scientists who directly contributed to the evidence of cellular theory?

• Matthias Schleiden, Theodore Schwann, and Anton von Leeuwenhoek

• Rudolf Virchow, Robert Brown and Theodore Schwann

• Anton Von Leeuwenhoek, Matthias Schleiden and Robert Brown

• Matthias Schleiden, Theodore Schwann, and Rudolf Virchow

Which of the following statement DOES NOT belong to the postulates of cell theory?

• All living organisms are composed of cells and a cell is the basic structural and functional unit.

• Cells are the building blocks of living organism

• New cells are produced from pre-existing cells.

• Cells form by free-cell formation or spontaneous generation

Which is the correct order of the events in the development of cell theory?

I. Anton van Leeuwenhoek designed an improved microscope and observed first free-living cells.

II. Robert Hooke observed dead cells in a thin cork slice through a self-made microscope.

III. Robert Brown discovered nucleus.

IV. Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann proposed cell theory.

V. Rudolf Virchow gave the idea that all living cells arise from pre-existing cells.

• II, I, III, IV, V

• I, II, III, IV, V

• V, IV, III, II, I

• II, III, I, IV, V