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CELL THEORY AND SPONTANEOUS GENERATION

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 4hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement was NOT included in cell theory?

a)

All living things are composed of cells.

b)

Living cells come only from other living cells.

c)

Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.

d)

Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life.

2.

This early cell theory scientist looked in a microscope and discovered "animalcules" in the gunk from his teeth and pond water.

a)

Schleiden

b)

Leeowenhoek

c)

Hooke

d)

Virchow

e)

Schwann

3.

Who discovered and named cells while looking at cork?

a)

Captain Hook

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Matthais Schleiden

d)

Rudolf Virchow

4.

What was Schleiden convinced of?

a)

All plants are made of cells

b)

All animals are made of cells

c)

All cells are prokaryotic

d)

None of the above

5.

Who noted that all animals are made of cells and helped write the first two parts of cell theory?

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

c)

Theodor Schwann

d)

Robert Hooke

6.

Who discovered that all cells come from other living cells and had research that lead to the last major principle of cell theory?

a)

Matthias Schleiden

b)

Theodore Schwann

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Rudolf Virchow

7.

All living things are made up of...

a)

cells

b)

tissues

c)

organ

d)

organ systems

8.

__________ is the theory that living things come from other living things.

a)

biogenensis

b)

spontaneous generation

c)

cell theory

d)

evolution

9.

This scientist attempted to disprove spontaneous generation by putting out to containers of meat. One was covered & the other was not. Only the uncovered meat grew maggots.

a)

Needam

b)

Spallazani

c)

Miller and Urey

d)

Redi

10.

This scientist came up with a method still used today for preserving our food and drink.

a)

Needham

b)

Redi

c)

Pasteur

d)

Spallanzani

11.

This scientists finally disproved spontaneous generation once and for all.

a)

Needham

b)

Miller and Urey

c)

Pasteur

d)

Spallanzani

12.

Pasteur was able to keep the broth her boiled open to air by

a)

using a special S shaped flask

b)

adding a fan to allow better air flow

c)

none of the options listed

d)

both of the options listed

13.

This closed flask will show ______ growth.

a)

no

b)

some

c)

a lot of

14.

Credited for inventing the microscope which paved the way for more discoveries in biology.

a)

Janssens

b)

Hooke

c)

Leeuwenhoek

d)

Brown

15.

Where did Redi conclude maggots come from?

a)

Maggots came from meat

b)

Maggots are spontaneously generated

c)

Maggots come from flies

d)

Maggots come from the air

16.

Whose experiment is show in the picture?

a)

Aristotle's

b)

Francesco Redi's

c)

Louis Pasteur's

d)

Albert Einstein's

17.

Did Redi disprove spontaneous generation?

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

What was the experimental group in Redi's experiment?

a)

the presence of maggots

b)

the covering

c)

the uncovered jars

d)

the covered jars

19.

In Redi's experiment, what was the dependent variable?

a)

the presence of maggots

b)

the covering

c)

the uncovered jars

d)

the covered jars

20.

Which of the following is not a unicellular organism?

a)

amoeba

b)

bacteria

c)

plant

d)

paramecium

21.
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. 
22.

What are the parts of the cell theory? Select all that apply.

a)

The cell is the fundamental unit of structure and function in living things.

b)

All organisms are made up of one or more cells.

c)

Cells arise from other cells through cellular division.

d)

Only Animals have cells.

e)

Plants are the only living things with cells

23.
Which scientist did NOT contribute to the cell theory?
a)
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
b)

Robert Hooke
c)
Albert Einstein 
d)

Matthias Schleiden