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Cell Theory and Microscopes

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who first used the term "cell" to describe the empty "rooms" he saw in his microscope?

a)

Leeuwenhoek

b)

Virchow

c)

Pasteur

d)

Hooke

2.

In 1673, this person used an improved microscope to observe bacteria from teeth scraping and red blood cells.

a)

Leeuwenhoek

b)

Flemming

c)

Pasteur

d)

Schwann

3.

What is the basic unit of life in all living things?

a)

atoms

b)

molecules

c)

cells

d)

elements

4.

All cells come from...

a)

existing cells

b)

matter

c)

spontaneous generation

d)

electrical impulses

5.

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

a)

electrons

b)

atoms

c)

molecules

d)

cells

6.

Who was the Englishman who drew the cell structure of a slice of cork?

a)

Schwann

b)

Hooke

c)

Pasteur

d)

Leeuwenhoek

7.

Who was the Dutch merchant that discovered "animalcules" when he looked at pond water?

a)

Leeuwenhoek

b)

Hooke

c)

Virchow

d)

Schwann

8.

Schwann, Schleiden, and Virchow are credited with what?

a)

creating the first microscope

b)

seeing the first animals

c)

introducing cells to the scientific community

d)

developing the cell theory

9.

What did Theodore Schwann propose?

a)

all animals are made up of cells

b)

all plants are made up of cells

c)

swans are made up of cells

d)

cells come from other cells

10.

What did Schleiden do?

a)

gave the cell its name while looking at cork

b)

proposed that all plants are made of cells

c)

was the first to state that all animals are made of cells

d)

determined cells must come from existing cells

11.

Rudolf Virchow (1855) stated that...

a)

no new cells are ever formed

b)

all living cells are there at birth

c)

birth to death, you have the same number of cells

d)

all cells come from existing cells

12.

Cells are the basic unit of life.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is Cell Theory?

a)

all organisms are made up of one or more cells

b)

the cell is the basic unit of life

c)

all cells come from existing cells

d)

All of these are parts of Cell Theory

14.

What is Cell Theory?

a)

all animals evolved from another animal

b)

the idea that humans evolved from apes

c)

the theory that all cells are made of only water

d)

all living things are made up of cells

15.

The arrow is pointing to this part of the microscope.

a)

stage

b)

arm

c)

eye piece

d)

light source

16.

The arrow is pointing to this part of the microscope.

a)

base

b)

objective lenses

c)

stage

d)

arm

17.

The arrow is pointing to this part of the microscope.

a)

lens focus

b)

objective lenses

c)

eye piece

d)

base

18.

The arrow is pointing to this part of the microscope.

a)

base

b)

stage

c)

lens focus

d)

eye piece

19.

The arrow is pointing to this part of the microscope.

a)

base

b)

arm

c)

lens focus

d)

light source

20.

The arrow is pointing to this part of the microscope.

a)

eye piece

b)

stage

c)

objective lenses

d)

arm

21.

The arrow is pointing to this part of the microscope.

a)

arm

b)

light source

c)

lens focus

d)

stage

22.

To get TOTAL magnification, you multiply the ocular lens x the objective lens

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The invention of this item made it possible to see the small world of single celled animals.

a)

telescope

b)

centrifuge

c)

microscope

d)

x-ray machine

24.

Which is NOT a part of modern Cell Theory?

a)

all cell come from existing cells

b)

cell aren't important for living organisms

c)

all organisms are made of one or more cells

d)

the cell is the basic unit of life