View the video on the “Wacky History of the Cell Theory.”
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-wacky-history-of-cell-theory#watch and answer the following
questions.
1. List the three parts of the cell theory:
All organisms are composed of one or more cells.
The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms
All cells come from prexisting cells.
2. Name of the spectacle maker from Netherlands – lived in the early 1600’s
Zacharias Janssen
3. What was this scientist famous for?
He invented the first compound microscope.
4. Name of the Dutch scientist who made his own microscope
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
5. What famous discovery did this scientist make with his homemade microscope? How did he
make this discovery?
He discovered bacteria by using his single-lens microscope.
6. What did he call his discovery?
“Animalcules”
7. Name of the English scientist who is credited for coming up with the term “cell”
Robert Hooke
8. What was this scientist looking at when he came up with the name “cell?”
Piece pf cork
9. Why did he call them cells?
He called them cells because the boxlike cells of cork reminded him of the cells
of a monastery.
