Discovering Cells

The lens used in microscopes are fat in the middle and called _______________ lenses.

• concave

• convex

• concurrent

• convoluted

Cell functions include obtaining food and water, and getting rid of _______________.

• wastes

• reproducing

• finding a living space

• growing and developing

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Compound microscopes focus ______________ through lenses to produce a magnified image.

• electrons

• light

• protons

• neutrons

The scientist who determined that all animals are made out of cells was stated by this man.

• Charles Darwin

• Matthias Scheiden

• Theodore Schwann

• Victor Virchow

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The scientist who proposed "All cells come from cells" was ________________________________.

• Rudolf Virchow

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Mathias Schleiden

The ability to distinguish between two nearby objects is called _____________________.

• resolution

• pollution

• motivation

• graduation

A large organism is made up of millions of _____________________.

• fibers

• lenses

• cells

• electrons

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The ____________________ describes how cells are related to living things.

• light microscope

• compound microscope

• magnification

• cell theory

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A compound microscope with an 10X eyepiece and a 40X revolving nosepiece objective has a magnification of _______.

• 10X

• 40X

• 50X

• 400X

Which of the following statements is NOT part of cell theory?

• All cells are produced from other cells.

• Cells can absorb food and oxygen.

• All living things are composed of cells.

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