Biology Quiz 8.1: Life is Cellular

Select all of the following statements that are included in the cell theory.

Groups:

(a) Cell Theory

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(b) False Statement

• Cells can spontaneously appear.

• New cells are produced from existing cells.

• Animal cells have all the same organelles as plant cells.

• Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things.

• All living things are made up of cells.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Match the scientific discoveries and accomplishments with the correct scientist.

• Matthias Schleiden

  (German botanist)

• This scientist studied cork using a simple compound microscope. He named the structures he saw "cells."

• Rudolf Virchow (German physician)

• This scientist proposed that cells arise from preexisting cells.

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

  (Dutch lens maker)

• This scientist was the first person to describe living cells using a microscope.

• Robert Hooke

  (English)

• This scientist determined that plants were composed of cells.

• Theodor Schwann (German biologist)

• This scientist stated that animals were composed of cells.

What is the difference between a prokaryote and a eukaryote?

• prokaryotes have a membrane bound nucleus while eukaryotes do not
• eukaryotes have a nonmembrane bound nucleus
• prokaryotes do not have a membrane bound nucleus

• eukaryotes do not have a nucleus at all, but the membrane of a prokaryote is bound