CELL THEORY Flashcards
states that all
organisms are composed of similar units of
organization, called cells.
The cell theory, or cell doctrine
the simplest unit of
matter that is living.
Cells
He is credited with making the
earliest compound microscope in
the 1600s
ZACHARIAS
JANSSEN
The first compound
microscope was a tube with
a lens in each end, it can be
mounted on a tripod for
ease of use. It could magnify
objects five to nine times
ZACHARIAS
JANSSEN
He discovered the cell in 1665
by examining a thin slice of
cork and seeing a multitude of
little pore.
ROBERT HOOKE
Used light microscope to look
at thin slices of plant tissue
(cork)
ROBERT HOOKE
______detailed his observations
of this tiny and previously
unseen world in his book,
Micrographia
ROBERT HOOKE
what do you call the book of robert hooke
Micrographia
To him, the cork
looked as if it was made of tiny
pores, which he came to call
“cells” because they reminded
him of the cells in a monastery
ROBERT HOOKE
First to see living microscopic
organisms (in pond water) in 1673
ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK
He was most well known for his
discovery of protozoa in 1674
ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK
In 1678 he discovered bacteria
and called them “animalcules” or
“little animals”
ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK
Father of Microbiology
ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK
He was a master microscope
maker and perfected the
design of the simple
microscope (which only had a
single lens), enabling it to
magnify an object by around
two hundred to three
hundred times its original
size
ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK
A German botanist
MATTHIAS JAKOB
SCHLEIDEN
