History and Development of Cell Theory Video Q's

Who is often referred to as the father of modern microbiology?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover when he looked at his dental scrapings under the microscope?

• Bacteria

• Animacules

• Cells

• Plant tissues

Who coined the phrase 'omnis cellula e cellula'?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

• Matthias Schleiden

• Rudolph Virchow

What did Robert Hooke observe when he looked at a cork under the microscope?

• Bacteria

• Animacules

• Cells

• Plant tissues

What did Matthias Schleiden discover about plants when he looked at them under the microscope?

• They have bacteria

• They have animacules

• They have cells

• They have no structure

What did Theodor Schwann discover about animals when he looked at their nervous systems?

• They have bacteria

• They have animacules

• They have cells

• They have no structure

What did Rudolph Virchow observe about bacteria under the microscope?

• They divide and form identical cells

• They spontaneously generate

• They come from non-living materials

• They have no structure

What did Louis Pasteur's Swan-Neck Bottle experiment disprove?

• The existence of bacteria

• The theory of spontaneous generation

• The theory of abiogenesis

• The theory of cell division

What is the first tenet of cell theory?

• All living organisms are composed of cells

• All cells come from preexisting cells

• The cell is the basic unit of structure in life

• All cells have the same structure

What is the second tenet of cell theory?

• All living organisms are composed of cells

• All cells come from preexisting cells

• The cell is the basic unit of structure in life

• All cells have the same structure