Cell Theory Scientists

Put the following scientists in order from 1. Earliest (longest time ago) to 5. Most Recent (shortest time ago).

• Robert Koch

• Matthias Schleiden

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

​ (a)   was the first scientist to use the term cell.

• Robert Hooke
• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
• Matthias Schleiden
• Louis Pasteur

​ proved that living organisms grow from other living organisms.​ (a)  

• Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
• Matthias Schleiden
• Louis Pasteur
• J. Robin Warren

This scientist was the first to observe that plants were made of cells.

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold

• Rudolf Carl Virchow

This scientist was the first to observe that animals were made of cells.

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolf Carl Virchow

This scientist came up with the theory that cells reproduce to make new cells.

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold

• Rudolf Carl Virchow

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The scientist that first identified anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera was​ (a)  

• Robert Koch
• Louis Pasteur
• Matthias Scleiden

This scientist was the first to observe living things while looking through a compound microscope.

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Koch