Cell Theory

Which of the following is given credit as the first person to describe microorganisms in pond water by using a microscope?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Rudolph Virchow

• Albert Einstein

• Neil Armstrong

All living things are made up of _____. 

• Cells 
• Bacteria 
• Virus 
• ATP

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Which of the following is an example of a prokaryotic cell? 

• Virus 
• Plant Cell 
• Bacteria 
• Animal Cell 

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Which of the following is a Eukaryotic cell?

• Bacteria 
• Virus 
• Animal/Plant Cell 
• All of the above. 

Which is not true of the cell theory?

• All living organisms are composed of cells.

• All cells have a nucleus, which acts like a brain of the cell.

• All cells come from preexisting cells.

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Robert Hooke was the first scientist to give the cell a name. Which statement about him is true?

• He looked at an onion skin with his naked eye to see cells.

• Under a microscope, he observed box-like components from cork.

• He used the microscope to observe skin cells.

The cell theory was not complete until Rudolph Virchow discovered that...

• Cells are alive.

• There are two types of cells (prokaryotic/eukaryotic)

• All cells come from preexisting cells.

• Cells are the basic building blocks of life.

Where do cells come from?

• Dead cells

• Soil

• Other existing cells

• Free cell formation

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This scientist discovered unicellular organisms and made improvements to the microscope.

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolph Virchow

This scientist concluded that all animals are made up of cells.

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolph Virchow