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WorksheetsScientific Theory & History of Cells Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What theory suggests that life comes from non-living matter?
a)
Cell Theory
b)
Spontaneous Generation
c)
Miasma Theory
d)
Endosymbiotic Theory
2.
Which of the following is an explanation for a natural phenomenon that is supported by a large body of scientific evidence?
a)
scientific theory
b)
scientific law
c)
hypothesis
d)
observation
3.
Which of the following is a testable statement to be falsified?
a)
scientific theory
b)
scientific law
c)
hypothesis
d)
observation
4.
Which of the following is a generalized description of a fact of nature that is observed over and over again?
a)
scientific theory
b)
scientific law
c)
hypothesis
d)
observation
5.
Which of the following is NOT a part to cell theory?
a)
The cell is the most basic unit of life.
b)
All living things are made of cells.
c)
All cells come from pre-existing cells.
d)
Life comes from non-living matter.
6.
Who first observed cells using a piece of cork & coined the term "cell?"
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Matthias Schleiden
d)
Theodor Schwann
7.
Who first observed living cells and microorganisms and called them "tiny animalcules?"
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Matthias Schleiden
d)
Theodor Schwann
8.
Who first observed that all plants are made of cells?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Matthias Schleiden
d)
Theodor Schwann
9.
Who first observed that all animals are made of cells?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Matthias Schleiden
d)
Theodor Schwann
10.
Who first observed that all cells come from pre-existing cells?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Rudolph Virchow
c)
Matthias Schleiden
d)
Theodor Schwann
11.
What evidence about mitochondria and chloroplasts suggests that they were once bacteria, living outside of cells (i.e. evidence for endosymbiotic theory)?
a)
They both have a double membrane.
b)
They are about the same size as bacteria.
c)
They have their own genetic material.
d)
All of the above.
12.
What is symbiosis?
a)
Two different species benefitting from living and working together.
b)
One species living inside of another species.
c)
One species engulfing another species, like Pac-Man eating Pac-Dots.
d)
Two species high-fiving each other & becoming best friends.
13.
What theory explains the complexity of cells and suggests that prokaryotic organisms that made their own food were engulfed by eukaryotic organisms and started living & working together?
a)
Cell Theory
b)
Spontaneous Generation
c)
Endosymbiotic Theory
d)
Miasma Theory
14.
What theory states that foul or polluted air is the cause for disease?
a)
Cell Theory
b)
Spontaneous Generation
c)
Germ Theory
d)
Miasma Theory
15.
Who designed an experiment to challenge spontaneous generation using jars of rotting meat with the first true control in a scientific experiment?
a)
Lazzaro Spallanzani
b)
John Needham
c)
Francisco Redi
d)
Louis Pasteur
16.
Who designed an experiment to put an end to the theory of spontaneous generation using a specially designed flask?
a)
Lazzaro Spallanzani
b)
John Needham
c)
Francisco Redi
d)
Louis Pasteur
17.
Who designed an experiment that boiled broth in a closed flask that provided evidence to support spontaneous generation?
a)
Lazzaro Spallanzani
b)
John Needham
c)
Francisco Redi
d)
Louis Pasteur
18.
Who designed an experiment that boiled broth in a closed flask, but removed the air that provided evidence against spontaneous generation?
a)
Lazzaro Spallanzani
b)
John Needham
c)
Francisco Redi
d)
Louis Pasteur
19.
Who uncovered that cholera is transmitted through contaminated water, not miasma?
a)
John Snow
b)
Rudolph Virchow
c)
Robert Koch
d)
Louis Pasteur
20.
Who isolated cholera causing bacteria with a special isolation technique?
a)
John Snow
b)
Rudolph Virchow
c)
Robert Koch
d)
Louis Pasteur
21.
What theory explains that disease is called by microbes?
a)
Cell Theory
b)
Miasma Theory
c)
Germ Theory
d)
Endosymbiotic Theory
22.
What drives scientific change?
a)
technology
b)
people's opinions not based on fact
c)
scientists that only find evidence to support their theory
d)
fake news
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