Day 3 - Cell Theory

Question 1

It is the basic unit of life.

Answer 1

Cell

Question 2

He is an english scientist that came up with the term cell because of the microscopic view of a cork that looks like little boxes that reminded him of the cell.

Answer 2

Robert Hooke

Question 3

They are a dutch spectaclemakers that invented the compound microscope.

Answer 3

Zacharias and Hans Janssen

Question 4

The 1st man to witness a live cell under a microscope and he described the algae spirogya.

Answer 4

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 5

He is a German Botanist that led the development of a vegetable tissue and described the structures and morphological features of the cell. He discovered the nucleated cell (first element of the plant embryo).

Answer 5

Matthias Scheiden

Question 6

He discovered the animal cells and cell products.

Answer 6

Theodor Schwann

Question 7

He is a German Pathologist that came up with “Omnis cellular e celluar.”

Answer 7

Rudolf Virchow

Question 8

What is the Biogenic Law?

Answer 8

It is from Rudolf Virchow that states omnis cellular e cellular or cells originates from cells.

Question 9

What are the 3 Principles of cell theory?

Answer 9

1. All living things are composed of 1 or more cells.
2. cells are the basic unit of life
3. All cells arise from pre-existing cells