1st STT - Gen bio : Module 2

Question 1

A Dutch spectacle-maker that is known for the creation of early models of
telescope and compound microscope.

Answer 1

Zacharias Janssen

Question 2

He is known as the “Father of Microbiology” because of his discoveries of
bacteria and protozoa using his own microscope.

Answer 2

Antony Van Leewenhoek

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a postulate of the cell theory?

a. Cells can only come from other cells.
b. All living things are made up of cells.
c. Cells are the basic unit of life.
d. Cells must contain DNA.

Answer 3

Cells are the basic unit of life.

Question 4

Which makes all living things on Earth alike?

Answer 4

All living things are made of cells and come from other cells.

Question 5

He insulted Newton by openly accusing him of plagiarizing his light-work

Answer 5

Robert Hooke

Question 6

His microscope has a main brass tube had a diameter of just one inch or two
and carried an ebony disk at its base and a lens at each end.

Answer 6

Zacharias Janssen

Question 7

His microscope has two new lenses same as his telescope: a bi-convex objective
and a bi-concave eyepiece

Answer 7

Galileo Galilei

Question 8

Which of the following is TRUE about Schlieden and Schwann’s discoveries?

Answer 8

Cell is the unit structure, physiology and organization of living things.

Question 9

Which of the following does not belong to the group?

a. All energy flow of life occurs within cells.
b. Cells that make up tissues and structures
c. Cells are basically the same in chemical composition
d. Cells contain hereditary information which is passed from cell to cell during
division

Answer 9

Cells that make up tissues and structures

Question 10

A scientist who was not given due credit because of his religion?

Answer 10

Robert Remak

Question 11

It is an instrument used to see objects that are too small to be seen by the
naked eye

Answer 11

Microscope

Question 12

Last name of a Dutch spectacle-maker who discovered the compound
microscope.

Answer 12

Zacharias Janssen

Question 13

He was known for his telescope and was able to make his own microscope
using his knowledge about glass and focal lengths.

Answer 13

Galileo Galilei

Question 14

First name of a scientist who made his own very odd microscope and discover
protozoa.

Answer 14

Anthony Van Leewenhoek

Question 15

The term we use today which was being called by a scientist as “animalcules”.

Answer 15

Bacteria

Question 16

Leeuwenhoek is also known as the “Father of ______________”.

Answer 16

Microbiology

Question 17

Last name of a scientist who was able to coin the term “cell” by looking at a
piece of cork under his microscope

Answer 17

Hooke

Question 18

Schlieden is what kind of scientist who loves observing his plants under the
microscope.

Answer 18

Botanist

Question 19

Type of microscope which consist of an objective lens with a very short focal
length and an eyepiece with a longer focal length, both lenses mounted in the same
tube.

Answer 19

Compound

Question 20

Term used by a scientist when he noticed little chambers while looking on
a specimen, also known as the basic structural unit of all organisms.

Answer 20

Cell