CELL THEORY Flashcards

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1
Q

states that all
organisms are composed of similar units of
organization, called cells.

A

The cell theory, or cell doctrine

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2
Q

the simplest unit of
matter that is living.

A

Cells

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3
Q

He is credited with making the
earliest compound microscope in
the 1600s

A

ZACHARIAS
JANSSEN

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4
Q

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

A

ZACHARIAS
JANSSEN

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5
Q

He discovered the cell in 1665
by examining a thin slice of
cork and seeing a multitude of
little pore.

A

ROBERT HOOKE

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6
Q

Used light microscope to look
at thin slices of plant tissue
(cork)

A

ROBERT HOOKE

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7
Q

______detailed his observations
of this tiny and previously
unseen world in his book,
Micrographia

A

ROBERT HOOKE

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8
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what do you call the book of robert hooke

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Micrographia

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9
Q

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

A

ROBERT HOOKE

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10
Q

First to see living microscopic
organisms (in pond water) in 1673

A

ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK

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11
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He was most well known for his
discovery of protozoa in 1674

A

ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK

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12
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In 1678 he discovered bacteria
and called them “animalcules” or
“little animals”

A

ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK

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13
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Father of Microbiology

A

ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK

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14
Q

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

A

ANTONIE VAN
LEEUWENHOEK

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15
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A German botanist

A

MATTHIAS JAKOB
SCHLEIDEN

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16
Q

stated that all plant tissues are
composed of cells and that an
embryonic plant arose from a
single cell.

A

MATTHIAS JAKOB
SCHLEIDEN

17
Q

He declared that the cell
is the basic building block of all
plant matter.

A

MATTHIAS JAKOB
SCHLEIDEN

18
Q

A German biologist

A

THEODOR
SCHWANN

19
Q

stated that all
animal tissues are composed
of cells, ending speculations
that plants and animals were
different in structure.

A

THEODOR
SCHWANN

20
Q

he proposed the ‘Omnis
cellula e cellula’ which means that
new cells develop from the preexisting cell by division

A

RUDOLF VIRCHOW