Cell Structure And Function Quiz Grade 8
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Complete this quiz to show how well you understand how cells were discovered, named and observed throughout history!
Questions and Answers
- 1.What was Robert Hooke looking at under the microscope when he first discovered cells?
- A.
Snake skin
- B.
Cork
- C.
Jupiter
- D.
Photographs
- 2.The part of the microscope through which you look is called the
- 3.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek designed a lens that allowed microscopes to magnify objects up to
- A.
10 times
- B.
100 times
- C.
500 times
- D.
50000 times
- 4.What name did van Leeuwenhoek give to the tiny unicellular organisms he saw under the microscope?
- A.
Animalcules
- B.
Microorganisms
- C.
Moleculimals
- D.
Bacteria
- 5.Cells were named after
- A.
The tiny rooms where monks lived in the 17th century
- B.
Their similarity in shape to cell phones
- C.
Cellulite, since the first cells observed were from the thigh area
- D.
Answer option 4
- 6.All living things are made up of
- 7.Cells are the basic unit of
- 8.All cells arise from
- A.
Dust
- B.
Bacteria
- C.
Other living cells
- D.
Dead cells
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