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Cell Discovery and Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a cell?

a)

A room

b)

The smallest unit that can perform all life processes

c)

Something that is abiotic

d)

What happens during photosynthesis

2.

What invention made the discovery of cells possible?

a)

The lightbulb

b)

The phonograph

c)

The kinetoscope

d)

The microscope

3.

Which one of these people discovered cells?

a)

George Washington

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Captain Hook

d)

Robert Redford

4.

What material did the discoverer of cells look at first?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Animalcules

c)

Cork

d)

Microbes

5.

Which one of these is part of cell theory?

a)

Cells operate through blinks and clicks

b)

All organisms are made of one or more cells

c)

All cells are made of organisms

d)

If you can't see cells, then they don't exist

6.

Which one of these is another part of cell theory?

a)

The cell is a procedure done by an orthodontist

b)

The cell is what happens when you cook hot dogs for too long

c)

The cell is a new Netflix documentary

d)

The cell is the basic unit of all living things

7.

Which one of these is another part of cell theory?

a)

All cells come from existing cells

b)

All cells come from photosynthesis

c)

All cells come from Canada

d)

All cells come from Tennessee

8.

Before the Cell Theory, spontaneous generation was a widely accepted idea. Spontaneous generation was the idea that living things could be produced by non-living things. Which part of the cell theory BEST contradicts spontaneous generation?

a)

All living things are made of cells.

b)

Cells can form from decaying matter.

c)

Cells come from pre-existing cells.

d)

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

9.
The Dutch draper who looked at pond scum and observed tiny aquatic organisms he called "animalcules."
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
c)
 Rudolf Virchow
10.
"All living things are composed of cells.  Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things. All cells are produced from other cells."
a)
Cell Mystery
b)
Cell Theory
c)
Cell Story
11.

Who concluded all plants are made of cells?

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Matthias Schleiden

d)

Theodore Schwann

e)

Rudolf Virchow

12.

Who concluded that all cells come from existing cells?

a)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Rudolf Virchow/Robert Remak

c)

Matthias Schleiden

d)

Robert Hooke

e)

Theodore Schwann

13.

Which three scientists are credited for the creation of The Cell Theory?

a)

Schwann, Schleiden, and Virchow

b)

Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Captain Hook

c)

Virchow, Leewenhoek, and Schwann

d)

Schleiden, Schmeiden, Steve

14.

Which of the following scientists concluded that all animals are made of cells?

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

Matthais Schleiden

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Theodor Schwann

e)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

15.
What is one way in which all living things on Earth are alike?
a)
All living things have hair.
b)
All living things are made of cells and come from other cells.
c)
The cells of all living things have chloroplast.
d)
All living things can move. 
16.
When cells are damaged, new cells are created by cell division. How does the cell theory support this fact?
a)
It states that all cells have a nucleus which divides.
b)
It states that all living things are made up of one or more cells.
c)
It states that cells come from previously existing cells.
d)
 It states that the basic units of structure and function are cells.
17.

Early scientists who made discoveries with microscopes and who had only just begun to understand cells did, in fact, contribute to CELL THEORY.

a)

True

b)

False

18.
Which scientist did NOT contribute to the cell theory?
a)

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Albert Einstein 

d)

Matthias Schleiden

19.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they are not made of cells
d)
they don't break down
20.
Which of the following is NOT one of the basic points of Cell Theory?
a)
All living things are made of cells.
b)
The cell is the smallest living thing that can perform all the functions of life.
c)
Cells are too small to see without a microscope.  
d)
All cells must come from pre-existing cells.