Cell History Quiz

Who is credited with the invention of the early compound microscope?

• Hans Lippershey

• Robert Hooke

• Hans Jansen

• Zacharias Jansen

What was the magnification capability of the early compound microscope?

• Six to twelve times

• Three to six times

• Three to nine times

• One to three times

What did Robert Hooke observe when examining thin slices of cork?

• Protozoans

• Bacteria

• Cells

• Animalcules

What did Robert Hooke call the honeycomb-like boxes he observed in cork slices?

• Micrographia

• Snowflakes

• Cell walls

• Monk rooms

Who published the book Micrographia?

• Robert Brown

• Robert Hooke

• Matthias Jakob Schleiden

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

What did Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discover using his microscopes?

• Protozoans

• Nematodes

• Bacteria

• Animalcules

Who identified the nucleus in every cell?

• Rudolf Carl Virchow

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Jakob Schleiden

• Robert Brown

According to the cell theory, what is the basic unit of structure and function of all organisms?

• Cells

• Tissues

• Molecules

• Atoms

Who proposed that all plants are made up of cells?

• Rudolf Carl Virchow

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Jakob Schleiden

• Robert Brown

According to Rudolf Carl Virchow, how do cells arise?

• Spontaneously

• From non-living matter

• From the division of preexisting cells

• From the environment