WorksheetsThe Weird History of the Cell Theory
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who is credited with coming up with the first compound microscope?
Zacharias Janssen
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Matthias Schleiden
What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover by looking at dental scrapings?
Bacteria
Viruses
Fungi
Protozoa
Who coined the term 'the cell'?
Zacharias Janssen
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Matthias Schleiden
What did Robert Hooke compare the chambers he saw in cork to?
Monasteries
Dorm rooms
Prisons
Hospitals
Who discovered that all plants are made of cells?
Zacharias Janssen
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Matthias Schleiden
Who discovered that all animals are made of cells?
Zacharias Janssen
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Theodor Schwann
Who proposed that cells come from preexisting cells?
Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann
Rudolph Virchow
Robert Remak
What did Rudolph Virchow's research show about cell formation?
Cells come from free-cell formation
Cells come from spontaneous generation
Cells come from preexisting cells
Cells come from non-living matter
Who was the scientist whose research was 'borrowed without permission' by Rudolph Virchow?
Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann
Rudolph Virchow
Robert Remak
What is the term used by Anton van Leeuwenhoek to describe bacteria?
Animalcules
Microbes
Pathogens
Parasites
