Cell Theory and History

Choose the 3 answer choices that are part of the cell theory.

• All living things are made of one or more cells.

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

• All cells come from other cells.

• Only bacteria is made of cells

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Who was the scientist to use the early compound microscope to look at cork slices and coined the term ‘cell’ to describe the tissue.

• Hans & Zacharias Jansen

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Francis Crick & James Watson

Who was the scientist to state that all animal tissues are made of cells, adding to the Cell Theory that the cell is basic unit of ALL life.

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Theodore Schwann

The invention of the ___ made it possible for scientist to view and study the cell.

• blow horn

• microscope

• slides

• telescope

Who was the scientist to state that all plant tissues are composed of cells and that cell is basic building block of all plants.

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Theodore Schwann

Who was the scientist to describe cells in a drop of pond water; first person to observe bacteria and protozoa.

• Matthias Schleiden

• Anton van Leeuvenhoek

• Francisco Redi

• Theodore Schwann

Which of the following scientists concluded that all cells come from existing cells?

• Rudolf Virchow

• Matthais Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

Which statement is a part of the cell theory?

• all cells come from preexisting cells

• bacteria are prokaryotic cells

• eukaryotic cells are complex

• humans are multicellular

Who was the scientist to describe cells in a drop of pond water; first person to observe bacteria and protozoa and called it "animalcules"?

• Matthias Schleiden

• Anton van Leeuvenhoek

• Francisco Redi

• Theodore Schwann

Which of the following is NOT a cell theory.

• All non-living things are made of cells

• All cells come from pre-existing cells

• Cells are the basic unit of structure and function of all living things