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WorksheetsThe Weird History of the Cell Theory Quiz
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is credited with coming up with the first compound microscope?
Zacharias Janssen
Matthias Schleiden
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover by looking at dental scrapings?
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Viruses
Who coined the term 'the cell'?
Robert Hooke
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Matthias Schleiden
Zacharias Janssen
What did Robert Hooke compare the chambers he saw in cork to?
Dorm rooms
Hospitals
Prisons
Monasteries
Who discovered that all plants are made of cells?
Robert Hooke
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Zacharias Janssen
Matthias Schleiden
Who discovered that all animals are made of cells?
Theodor Schwann
Robert Hooke
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Zacharias Janssen
Who invented rebreathers for firefighters?
Zacharias Janssen
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Theodor Schwann
Who discovered that cells come from preexisting cells?
Matthias Schleiden
Robert Remak
Theodor Schwann
Rudolph Virchow
What did Rudolph Virchow's research show?
Cells come from non-living matter
Cells come from preexisting cells
Cells come from free-cell formation
Cells come from spontaneous generation
Who was the scientist that Rudolph Virchow's research was 'borrowed without permission' from?
Robert Remak
Rudolph Virchow
Theodor Schwann
Matthias Schleiden
What did Zacharias Janssen invent along with the first compound microscope?
Petri dish
Bunsen burner
Microscope slides
Telescope
What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek's microscope look like?
A telescope
A tiny paddle
A pair of sunglasses
A lab coat
What did Robert Hooke dabble in?
Physics, chemistry, and biology
Astronomy, geology, and botany
Mathematics, engineering, and medicine
Psychology, sociology, and anthropology
What did Theodor Schwann get a special type of nerve cell named after him?
Glia cells
Myelin cells
Neuron cells
Schwann cells
Who had a tense relationship with Robert Hooke?
Matthias Schleiden
Isaac Newton
Zacharias Janssen
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
