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Cell Theory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A set of principles developed over time via multiple investigations.

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Theory

c)

Dogma

d)

Assumption

2.

The discovery of the cell was made through the invention of the microscope between what year?

a)

1665-1838

b)

1700-1800

c)

1565-1835

d)

1660-1860

3.

Which of the following is not a postulate of the Cell Theory?

a)

The cell is the most basic unit of life.

b)

All existing cells are produced from pre-existing cells.

c)

The cell the basic membrane-bound unit that contains the fundamental molecules of life and of which all living things are composed.

d)

All organisms are made up of cells.

4.

Believed to be the first investigator to invent the compound microscope.

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Zacharias Janssen

d)

Matthias Schleiden

5.

What do you call the microscope invented by Janssen?

a)

The Janssen's Microscope

b)

The Janssen Drawtube Microscope

c)

The Janssen Brass Microscope

d)

The Janssen's Compound Microscope

6.

What is the magnification of the Janssen Drawtube Microscope?

a)

6x to 12x

b)

5x to 10x

c)

2x to 7x

d)

3x to 9x

7.

He is an English scientist who used the compound microscope to observe cork.

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Zacharias Janssen

d)

Matthias Schleiden

8.

The word cell got its name from what word that means "small rooms"?

(a)  

9.

In what year was the Cell Theory formulated?

a)

1565

b)

1665

c)

1765

d)

1865

10.

He was one of the first scientists to refer to living cells upon observing on a drop of pond water.

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Rudolf Virchow

d)

Matthias Schleiden

11.

What did Leeuwenhoek name the single-celled organisms that he observed swimming on a drop of pond water?

(a)  

12.

He is a German botanist that observed plant cells.

a)

Fritz Haber

b)

Matthias Schleiden

c)

Rudolf Virchow

d)

Theodor Schwann

13.

He published the first statement of the Cell Theory that, "All living things are made up of cells".

a)

Fritz Haber

b)

Matthias Schleiden

c)

Rudolf Virchow

d)

Theodor Schwann

14.

Upon observing a diseased body, he came up to a conclusion that "All existing cells are produced from other pre-existing cells", which is another statement on the cell theory.

a)

Fritz Haber

b)

Matthias Schleiden

c)

Rudolf Virchow

d)

Theodor Schwann

15.

How long was the Cell Theory formulated?

(a)