Lesson 1 "The Riot and the Dance"

Question 1

What other invention was closely associated with the microscope?

Answer 1

the telescope! (why isn’t it called a macroscope?)

Question 2

Who was English scientist who coined the term “Cell”?

Answer 2

Robert Hooke

Question 3

What Latin word is cell derived from? Why was it chosen?

Answer 3

cellulae

Robert Hooke saw under his microscope many ‘chambers’ in cork that reminded him of rooms in a monastery

Question 4

Who was the Dutchman who viewed microscopic life with a microscope of his own making? In what century did he make these observations? What did he call the life forms?

Answer 4

Antony van Leeuwenhoek
the mid 1600s (17th century)
animalcules

Question 5

What are the three tenets of Cell Theory?

Answer 5

all living things are composed of cells

cells are the fundamental structural unit of all living things

all cells arise from pre-existing cells