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Cell Structure

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  • Q1
    Who invented the microscope, which could magnify specimens at 1000-2000 times their true size?
    Theodore Schwann
    Robert Hooke
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    Zacharias Janssen
    30s
  • Q2
    Who established that animals were composed of cells?
    Theodore Schwann
    Zacharias Janssen
    Matthias Schleiden
    Rudolph Virchow
    30s
  • Q3
    Who established that every cell comes from other cells?
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    Zacharias Janssen
    Robert Hooke
    Rudolph Virchow
    30s
  • Q4
    Who established that plants were composed of cells?
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    Theodore Schwann
    Matthias Schleiden
    Robert Hooke
    30s
  • Q5
    'Who studied cork slices under a microscope and saw tiny structures he ended up calling "cells?
    Robert Hooke
    Rudolph Virchow
    Theodore Schwann
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    30s
  • Q6
    Who improved on lens technology?
    Matthias Schleiden
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    Zacharias Janssen
    Rudolph Virchow
    30s
  • Q7
    What was Anton van Leeuwenhoek the first to examine?
    microorganisms
    plant cells
    animal cells
    cork slices
    30s
  • Q8
    What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek name the microorganisms?
    Little Besties
    Little Brats
    Little Buddies
    Little Beasties
    30s
  • Q9
    Who were the three scientists that founded the Cell Theory?
    Schleiden, Schwann, Hooke
    Schleiden, Hooke, Janssen
    Schleiden, Schwann, Virchow
    Schleiden, Janssen, Virchow
    30s
  • Q10
    What is another name for the cell membrane?
    Plasma Membrane
    Cell Wall
    Membrane Barrier
    Membrane Wall
    30s
  • Q11
    What process occurs in mitochondria?
    Glucolysis
    Photosynthesis
    Cellular Respiration
    Cellular Reproduction
    30s
  • Q12
    What forms a physical barrier to protect the inside of the cell from the outside environment?
    cell membrane
    central vacuole
    nuclear membrane
    cell wall
    30s
  • Q13
    What makes up the network of scaffolding found within all cells and made from different types of proteins?
    chromatin and chromosomes
    ribosomes
    cytoskeleton
    cytoplasm
    30s
  • Q14
    What is the control center of the cell that contains the DNA which directs the functioning of the cell?
    nucleus
    nucleoplasm
    nucleolus
    mitochondria
    30s
  • Q15
    What is made up of a combination of RNA and proteins and is a site of ribosome synthesis?
    nucleus
    nucleolus
    nucleoplasm
    nuclear membrane
    30s

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