Scientists

Question 1

Invented first compound microscope (two lenses to magnify objects).

Answer 1

1. Zacharias Janssen (with Hans Janssen)

Question 2

Viewed first cells using a compound microscope.

Named them “cells” (looked like monastery rooms).

Wrote Micrographia (1665).

Stated: All living things are made up of cells.

Answer 2

Robert Hooke

Question 3

Father of Microbiology.

Made his own simple microscope.

First to observe microorganisms (“animalcules”).

Answer 3

. Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 4

Father of Experimental Biology.

Disproved spontaneous generation through meat-and-maggot experiment.

Answer 4

4. Francesco Redi

Question 5

Concluded: Plants are made of cells.

Answer 5

5. Matthias Schleiden

Question 6

Concluded: Animals are made of cells.

Answer 6

6. Theodor Schwann

Question 7

Father of Modern Pathology.

Stated Omnis cellula e cellula → All cells come from pre-existing cells.

Answer 7

7. Rudolf Virchow

Question 8

Cell Theory

Answer 8

All living things are made up of one or more cells.

The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life.

All cells come from pre-existing cells (Omnis cellula e cellula – Rudolf Virchow).

Cells contain hereditary information (DNA), passed from cell to cell during cell division.

All cells have basic chemical composition and structure.

Energy flow occurs within cells.