Timeline-history Of Cell Biology

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Welcome to the Electronic advanced human anatomy and physiology Frontier Classroom of the 21st Century. The following instrument will test your knowledge of basic cell biology which began with the discovery of the cell by Robert Hooke in 1665. Since then, scientists have constantly made improvements to microscopes.
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Timeline-history Of Cell Biology

In what year did Karl von Baer discover mammalian eggs?

Which scientist was the first to observe living cells using a simple microscope?

Rudolf Virchow noted that all cells comes from other cells.

Which scientist listed below observed cork cells through a basic microscope?

Researchers in Scotland cloned a deer from adult sheep cell in 1996

What year did Rudolf Virchow add his statement to the cell theory?

Leeuwenhoek found growing in pond water a species called Vorticella and he called them animalcules. What do we in the present day call them? (Please check only one (1) correct answer)

In the year of 1665, Robert Hooke observes cork cells.

In 1897, __ __ discovers Golgi Apparatus in cells.

How many essential parts does the CELL THEORY have? (please enter a number from 0 through 9)

In 1665, an English scientist by the name of Robert Hooke was examining cork from what source?

Karl von Baer concluded that all plants were composed of cells.

All living organisms are composed of one or more ____?

Cells come only from the digestion system of existing cells.

In 1673, Anton van Leeuwenhoek observe a type of alga of the genus____? Please use the image to answer this question.

All cells share characteristics that indicates that cells are related to other living things.

Organisms made up of one or more cells that have nucleus and membrane-bound organelles are called____?

In the year 2004, tissue engineering used to grow new skin and blood vessels for transplant.

In _____, Karl Von Baer discovered the electron microscope.

In 2006 researchers in the United States clone a sheep from an adult sheep cell.

Who invented the world's first compound microscope in 1610?

_____, a naturalist and cleryman in Scotland supported spontaneous generation of life. (Please enter last, first name)

Which scientist tried several variations on John Needham's soup experiment. Thus resulting in no microorganisms grew in a sealed vessel.

The cell theory states that all living things are made up of cells. _____ _____ pubishes his cell theory applying it to plants. (Please enter first and last name for this scientist.)

The cell theory states that all living things are made up of cells. _____ pubishes his cell theory applying it to animals. (Please enter first and last name.)

In the year _____, Louis Pasteur repeated the soup experiment, determining the soup spoiled when exposed to air only if the air was not filtered.

In the year _____ Robert Brown discovers the nucleus of the cell. He stresses its importance in fertilization.

In the year _____ Robert Hooke looks through a microscope at a sliver of cork. He notices what he calls cells or pores.

In what year did Anton Van Leeuwenhoek used to simple microscopes to view many living things from blood to pond water?

In the year 1882 _____, a German biologists, uses dyes to stain cells. Upon his examination of these cells, he finds rods that he calles "chromosomes".

Which scientist listed below was known for his experimental approach and numerous dissections in 384 B.C.?

Perhaps the greatest contribution made to science by the _____ lay in the field of biology. The priests who prepared corpses for burial learned a great deal about human anatomy.(HINT: Please use correct grammar for this one-word answer.)

In 1665, _____ _____ published Micrographia, a book describing his microscopic and telescopic observations, and some original work in biology.

In the year _____, Matthias Schleiden preferred to study plant structures under the microscope. While a professor of botany at the University of Jena, he stated that different parts of plants are composed of cells.

In the year _____, Camillo Golgi discovers the Golgi apparatus in cells.

In 1830, _____ _____, was the first to recognize the nucleus (a term that he introduced) as an essential constituent of living cells.

In the year _____, Karl Von Baer discovers the mammalian egg.

Which scientist research suggested that all cells come from preexisting cells. This paved the scientific path for Louis Pasteur's work?

Which statement is not found in "The Cell Theory"?

Anton van Leeuwenhoek observed Spirogyra and Vorticella, in which he animalcules. What do modern biologists call them?(HINT: Please enter your answer in all lower case letters.)

In 1897, discovers Golgi Apparatus in cells.

The cell theory states that all living things are made up of cells. _ _ pubishes his cell theory applying it to plants. (Please enter first and last name for this scientist.)

In 1665, _ _ published Micrographia, a book describing his microscopic and telescopic observations, and some original work in biology.

In 1830, _ _, was the first to recognize the nucleus (a term that he introduced) as an essential constituent of living cells.