Name of Important Milestones

Question 1

Aristotle

Answer 1

Aristotle observed nature directly
He classified all known organisms as either plants or animals

Question 2

observed nature directly
He classified all known organisms as either plants or animals

Answer 2

Aristotle

Question 3

Hans & Zacharias Janssen

Answer 3

Accredited with the creation of the first compound microscope

Question 4

Accredited with the creation of the first compound microscope

Answer 4

Hans & Zacharias Janssen

Question 5

Robert Hooke

Answer 5

An English scientist, architect, and polymath
Observed cells using a microscope
Observed cork cells through a compound microscope, which appeared as empty squares
He named the spaces in the cork “cells” which means little rooms
His discovery of the cell helped establish the cell theory

Question 6

An English scientist, architect, and polymath
Observed cells using a microscope
Observed cork cells through a compound microscope, which appeared as empty squares
He named the spaces in the cork “cells” which means little rooms
His discovery of the cell helped establish the cell theory

Answer 6

Robert Hooke

Question 7

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 7

Leeuwenhoek observed living cells through a simple microscope
First to describe bacteria and protozoans is considered to be the father of microbiology.
known for developing and improving the microscope,
gave cells their name after the resemblance he believed they had to a monk’s quarters.
Found living cells in pond water named them animules.

Question 8

observed living cells through a simple microscope
First to describe bacteria and protozoans is considered to be the father of microbiology.
known for developing and improving the microscope,
Found living cells in pond water named them animules.

Answer 8

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 9

concluded that all plants are made of cells (1838)

Answer 9

Matthias Schleiden

Question 10

Matthias Schleiden

Answer 10

concluded that all plants are made of cells (1838)

Question 11

Theodore Schwann

Answer 11

Concluded that all animals are made of cells(1839)

Question 12

Concluded that all animals are made of cells(1839)

Answer 12

Theodore Schwann

Question 13

concluded that all cells came from pre-existing cells (1855)

Answer 13

Rudolf Virchow

Question 14

Rudolf Virchow

Answer 14

concluded that all cells came from pre-existing cells (1855)

Question 15

Robert Brown,

Answer 15

an English botanist, discovered the nucleus in plant cells.

Question 16

an English botanist, discovered the nucleus in plant cells.

Answer 16

Robert Brown,