Scientific Contributions and Ecological Cycles

Who is known for the theory of evolution by natural selection?

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Louis Pasteur

Who is the Father of genetics, known for his work on inheritance in pea plants?

• Gregor Mendel

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Who pioneered the study of microorganisms and the development of vaccines?

• Louis Pasteur

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

Who is known for coining the term 'cell' and his work with microscopes?

• Robert Hooke

• Rudolf Virchow

• James Watson

Who improved the microscope and was the first to observe living cells?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Carl Linnaeus

• Rosalind Franklin

Who proposed that all plants are made of cells?

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolf Virchow

Who proposed that all animals are made of cells and helped formulate the cell theory?

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden

• Louis Pasteur

Who contributed to the cell theory by stating that all cells arise from pre-existing cells?

• Rudolf Virchow

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Who discovered the double-helix structure of DNA?

• James Watson and Francis Crick

• Rosalind Franklin

• Carl Linnaeus

Who contributed to the understanding of DNA structure through X-ray diffraction?

• Rosalind Franklin

• James Watson

• Francis Crick