The Wacky History of the Cell Theory

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 crystallization

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

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolph Virchow

• Robert Remak

What is the main topic of the text?

• The history of the microscope

• The discovery of bacteria

• The weird history of the cell theory

• The feud between Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton