The Weird History of the Cell Theory Quiz

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'?

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Zacharias Janssen

What did Robert Hooke compare the chambers he saw in cork to?

• Cells

• Prisons

• Hospitals

• Dorm rooms

Who discovered that all plants are made of cells?

• Matthias Schleiden

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

• Zacharias Janssen

Who discovered that all animals are made of cells?

• Theodor Schwann

• Zacharias Janssen

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

Who proposed that cells come from preexisting cells?

• Robert Remak

• Rudolph Virchow

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden

What did Rudolph Virchow's research show about cells?

• Cells come from non-living matter

• Cells come from free-cell formation

• Cells come from spontaneous generation

• Cells come from preexisting cells

Who is credited with the research showing that cells come from other cells?

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolph Virchow

• Robert Remak

What is the main topic of the text?

• The feud between Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton

• The weird history of the cell theory

• The discovery of bacteria

• The history of the microscope