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WorksheetsCell History Timeline
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who named the "cell" after looking at a cork slice using an early compound microscope?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Marcello Malpighi
c)
Francisco Redi
d)
Theodore Schwann
2.
Who discovered the nucleus in plant cells?
a)
Robert Brown
b)
Thomas Hunt Morgan
c)
Anton van Leeuvenhoek
d)
Gregor Mendel
3.
Who observed cells dividing leading to #3 of the cell theory?
a)
Rudolph Virchow
b)
Francis Crick and James Watson
c)
Mattias Schleiden
d)
Walter Fleming
4.
Who was the first person to observe red blood cells?
a)
Marcello Malpighi
b)
Francisco Redi
c)
Theodore Schwann
d)
Hans and Zacharias Jansen
5.
Who showed that genes are found on chromosomes?
a)
Thomas Hunt Morgan
b)
Anton Van Leeuvenhoek
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Robert Hooke
6.
Who proved that genes are responsible for heredity?
a)
Francis Crick & James Watson
b)
Matthias Schleiden
c)
Walter Fleming
d)
Robert Brown
7.
Who rejected the theory of spontaneous generation?
a)
Francisco Redi
b)
Theodore Schwann
c)
Hans and Zacharias Jansen
d)
Rudolph Virchow
8.
Who was the first person to observe bacteria and protozoa in a drop of pond water?
a)
Anton Van Leeuvenhoek
b)
Gregor Mendel
c)
Robert Hooke
d)
Marcello Malpighi
9.
Who decided that all plant tissues are made of cells and that the cell is the basic building block of all plants?
a)
Matthias Schleiden
b)
Walter Fleming
c)
Robert Brown
d)
Thomas Hunt Morgan
10.
Who decided that all animal tissues are made of cells, adding to the Cell Theory that the cell is the basic unit for life.
a)
Theodore Schwann
b)
Hans and Zacharias Jansen
c)
Rudolph Virchow
d)
Francis Crick & James Watson
11.
Who tracked the genetic changes in the offspring of pea plants?
a)
Gregor Mendel
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Marcello Malpighi
d)
Francisco Redi
12.
Who examined stained cells and finds rods called "chromosomes"?
a)
Walter Fleming
b)
Robert Brown
c)
Thomas Hunt Morgan
d)
Anton Van Leeuvenhoek
13.
Who built a compound microscope by combining two convex lenses with a tube?
a)
Hans and Zacharias Jansen
b)
Rudolf Virchow
c)
Francis Crick and James Watson
d)
Mathias Schleiden
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