Cell History

Which scientist discovered unicellular organisms and called them "animalcules" because they reminded him of tiny animals?

• Schleiden

• Schwann

• Leewenhoek

• Hooke

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

• Matthias Schleiden

• Anton van Leeuvenhoek

• Francisco Redi

• Theodore Schwann

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

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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 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

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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 coined the term 'cell' after observing cork under a microscope?

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Theodore Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden

Which invention was crucial for the development of cell theory?

• Telescope

• Microscope

• Stethoscope

• Thermometer

Who was the first to observe and describe single-celled organisms, which he called 'animalcules'?

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Theodore Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden