The Weird History of the Cell Theory Quiz

Who is credited with coming up with the first compound microscope?

• Zacharias Janssen

• Matthias Schleiden

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek discover by looking at dental scrapings?

• Fungi

• Protozoa

• Bacteria

• Viruses

Who coined the term 'the cell'?

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Zacharias Janssen

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

• Dorm rooms

• Hospitals

• Prisons

• Monasteries

Who discovered that all plants are made of cells?

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Zacharias Janssen

• Matthias Schleiden

Who discovered that all animals are made of cells?

• Theodor Schwann

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Zacharias Janssen

Who invented rebreathers for firefighters?

• Zacharias Janssen

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

Who discovered that cells come from preexisting cells?

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Remak

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolph Virchow

What did Rudolph Virchow's research show?

• Cells come from non-living matter

• Cells come from preexisting cells

• Cells come from free-cell formation

• Cells come from spontaneous generation

Who was the scientist that Rudolph Virchow's research was 'borrowed without permission' from?

• Robert Remak

• Rudolph Virchow

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden