Cell Theory

What did Theodore Schwann observe?

• Plant Cells

• Animal Cells

• Bacteria

What did Matthias Schleiden observe?

• Plant Cells

• Animal Cells

• Bacteria

What are the 3 parts to the cell theory?

• All organisms are composed of one or more cells.

• The cell is the basic unit of structure.

• All cells come from preexisting cells.

• There are only plant and animal cells.

First scientist to see cells under a microscope and call them cells

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolf Virchow

Genetic Material that is passed from cell to cell

• mRNA

• RNA

• DNA

• ATP

Improvements in the __________________________ was essential for the development of cell theory

• Spectials

• Camera

• Telescope

• Microscope

Which scientist contributed to the 3rd part of the cell theory

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Rudolf Virchow

• Theodor Schwann

Father and Son team invented the 1st compound microscope

• Robert and John Hooke

• Hans and Zacharias Janssen

• Mattias and Jacob Schleiden

• Rudolf and Hans Virchow

He invented the very first compound microscope.

• Zacharias Jansen

• Robert Hooke

• Antoine van Leeuwnhoek

• Robert Brown

He is the one who coined the term "cell" as he observed the thin slice of cork under the microscope.

• Zacharias Jansen

• Robert Hooke

• Antoine van Leeuwnhoek

• Robert Brown