The Weird History of the Cell Theory

Who is credited with coming up with the first compound microscope?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

• Zacharias Janssen

• Isaac Newton

What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover by looking at dental scrapings?

• Viruses

• Animal cells

• Plant cells

• Bacteria

What term did Robert Hooke coin when looking at a piece of cork under his microscope?

• Bacteria

• Animalcules

• Cells

• Microorganisms

What did Matthias Schleiden conclude about plants?

• They are made of cells

• They are made of animalcules

• They are made of bacteria

• They are made of viruses

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What did Theodor Schwann conclude about animals?

• They are made of bacteria

• They are made of cells

• They are made of viruses

• They are made of animalcules

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Who showed that cells come from preexisting cells?

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden

• Rudolph Virchow

• Robert Hooke

What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek call the bacteria he discovered?

• Cells

• Animalcules

• Germs

• Microorganisms

Which scientist's research was 'borrowed without permission' by Rudolph Virchow?

• Robert Remak

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

What did Robert Hooke see under his microscope that reminded him of cells?

• Animal tissues

• Plant leaves

• Dental scrapings

• A piece of cork

Which scientist is known for his work on the cell theory alongside Theodor Schwann?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Rudolph Virchow