Scientists Flashcards

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Robert Hooke

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first to observe “small chambers” in cork and call them cells.

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1673)

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the first person to observe living organisms from pond water

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Matthias Schleiden

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concluded that all plants are made of cells

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Theodore Schwann (1839)

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all animals are made of cells

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Rudolf Virchow

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proposed that new cells are formed only from cells that already exist

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What are the 3 parts of the cell theory?

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  1. All living things are made of cells.
  2. Cells are the basic units of life (structure and function)
  3. All cells come from cells.
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