Cell Theory Check for understanding

What are the Three components of the Cell Theory?

• All organisms are made of one or more cells.

• Cells are not the basic unit of life

• All cells come from preexisting cells

• Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in organisms

In the 17th century who discovered "cells"?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

Who used a microscope to study Plant Cells?

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolf Virchow

• Matthias Schleiden

In 1839 Who studied Animal Cells?

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolf Virchow

• Matthias Schleiden

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Who watched cells reproduce while watching through the microscope?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Theodor Schwann

• Robert Hooke

• Rudolf Virchow