The Weird History of the Cell Theory Quiz

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

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Zacharias Janssen

• Robert Hooke

• Matthias Schleiden

What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek call bacteria when he first discovered them?

• Animalcules

• Protozoa

• Bacteria

• Microorganisms

Who is credited with coining the term 'the cell'?

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Zacharias Janssen

• Matthias Schleiden

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

• Animal cells

• Plant cells

• Monk cells

• Prison cells

Who discovered that all plants are made of cells?

• Zacharias Janssen

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Who discovered that all animals are made of cells?

• Zacharias Janssen

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

Who reached out to Theodor Schwann to work on the cell theory?

• Robert Hooke

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Matthias Schleiden

• Zacharias Janssen

Who proposed the idea that cells come from preexisting cells?

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolph Virchow

• Robert Remak

Who discovered that cells come from other cells?

• Rudolph Virchow

• Robert Remak

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden

Who is credited with inventing rebreathers for firefighters?

• Theodor Schwann

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• Zacharias Janssen

• Robert Hooke