Scientists Flashcards
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Robert Hooke
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first to observe “small chambers” in cork and call them cells.
2
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1673)
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the first person to observe living organisms from pond water
3
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Matthias Schleiden
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concluded that all plants are made of cells
4
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Theodore Schwann (1839)
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all animals are made of cells
5
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Rudolf Virchow
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proposed that new cells are formed only from cells that already exist
6
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What are the 3 parts of the cell theory?
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- All living things are made of cells.
- Cells are the basic units of life (structure and function)
- All cells come from cells.