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Name ______________________________ Date ____________________ Block ______________
Check your understanding
of the Cell Theory by answering the following:
True or False:
____1. Virchow first concluded that cells come from pre-existing cells
____2. Hooke used the microscope to view pond water.
____3. Leeuwenhoek said that plants are composed of cells.
____4. Schleiden was the first to observe cork.
____5. Schwann said that animals were composed of cells
____6. Schleiden and Schwann together determined that all living things are made up
of cells
____7. Hooke was the first to name the boxlike structures he observed “cells.”
____8. Virchow probably observed cells dividing.
____9. One statement in the cell theory is that “cells are the basic unit of structure and
function.
____10. One part of the cell theory states that “cells make up all matter.”
Match the following observations with the statement of the Cell Theory it
supports.
Quotes:
_____ 1. After 20 minutes, the bacterial cells
pinched in the middle and separated, forming
two cells.
_____2. When looking at plant tissue, tiny
box-like structures are seen, packed tightly
together.
_____3. In the veins of a plant, the box-like
structures curve to form a tube. This allows
water and food to pass through the plant.
_____4. Tiny structures with dots like nuclei
are found throughout the entire body of a
mouse.
Cell Theory Statements
a. All organisms are composed of
cells.
b. Cells are the basic unit of
structure and function
c. Cells come from pre-existing
cells