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Cell Theory

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year did Zacharias Janssen and Hans invented compound optical microscope ?

a)

1560's

b)

1550's

c)

1540's

d)

1590's

2.

Who is the earliest scientist to study living things under a microscope?

a)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Matthias Jakob Schleiden

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Zacharias Janssen and Hans

3.

“Cellulae” means

a)

Little rooms

b)

Tiny rooms

c)

Small rooms

d)

Big rooms

4.

He stated the that cells are the fundamental units of animals

a)

Theodor Schwann

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Zacharias Janssen and Hans

d)

Robert Hooke

5.

He stated that a new cells come from already existing cells

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Theodor Schwann

c)

Rudolf Virchow

d)

Matthias Jakob Schleiden

6.

He discovered the cells through his observation on a slice of cork

a)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Matthias Jakob Schleiden

d)

Zacharias Janssen

7.

Select the THREE important points of the modified Cell Theory

a)

The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms

b)

All living organisms are made up of cells

c)

All cells arise from pre-existing cells

d)

It states that bacteria and other small organisms can arise spontaneously

8.

In 1674, Anton van Leeuwenhoek became the first to observe live cells

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Matthias Jakob Schleiden stated that cells are the fundamental units of animals. These statements ended the notion that plants, and animals have fundamental differences in structure.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

He improved the microscope lenses that could magnify objects from 270 to 300-fold

a)

Matthias Jakob Schleiden

b)

Rudolf Virchow

c)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Robert Hooke