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The Weird History of the Cell Theory

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is credited with coming up with the first compound microscope?

a)

Zacharias Janssen

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Matthias Schleiden

2.

What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover by looking at dental scrapings?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Viruses

c)

Fungi

d)

Protozoa

3.

Who coined the term 'the cell'?

a)

Zacharias Janssen

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Matthias Schleiden

4.

What did Robert Hooke compare the chambers he saw in cork to?

a)

Monasteries

b)

Dorm rooms

c)

Prisons

d)

Hospitals

5.

Who discovered that all plants are made of cells?

a)

Zacharias Janssen

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Matthias Schleiden

6.

Who discovered that all animals are made of cells?

a)

Zacharias Janssen

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Theodor Schwann

7.

Who proposed that cells come from preexisting cells?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Theodor Schwann

c)

Rudolph Virchow

d)

Robert Remak

8.

What did Rudolph Virchow's research show about cell formation?

a)

Cells come from free-cell formation

b)

Cells come from spontaneous generation

c)

Cells come from preexisting cells

d)

Cells come from non-living matter

9.

Who was the scientist whose research was 'borrowed without permission' by Rudolph Virchow?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Theodor Schwann

c)

Rudolph Virchow

d)

Robert Remak

10.

What is the term used by Anton van Leeuwenhoek to describe bacteria?

a)

Animalcules

b)

Microbes

c)

Pathogens

d)

Parasites