Cell Theory Quiz 1

Who discovered and named cells? 

• Captain Hook
• Robert Hooke
• Zacharias Janssen
• Rudolf Virchow

What did Hooke first examine? 

• Pond water
• Plant cells
• Cork
• Animal fat

What did Leeuwenhoek examine?

• Cork
• Pond water
• Plant cells
• Animal fat

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What was Schleiden convinced of? 

• All plants are made of cells
• All animals are made of cells
• All cells form spontaneously
• None of the above

Who noted that animals are made of cells and concluded that all living things are made of cells and cell products? 

• Rudolf Virchow
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• Theodor Schwann
• Robert Hooke

Who discovered that cells come from preexisting cells and whose research lead to the major principles of cell theory?

• Matthias Schleiden
• Robert Hooke
• Zacharias Janssen
• Rudolf Virchow

Which is not a part of cell theory?

• All organisms are made of cells
• All existing cells come from preexisting cells
• All matter is composed of living cells
• The cell is the most basic unit of life

The jellylike substance that contains proteins, nucleic acids, minerals, ions, and organelles is what?

• Prokaryote
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Eukaryote

Microscopic single-cells that do not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles. 

• DNA
• RNA
• Eukaryotes
• Prokaryotes

The smallest unit that can perform the basic activities of life is

• a cell 
• a tissue
• an organ
• an organism

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