The first scientist to observe cells with the help of a simple microscope wasRobert Brown-Theodor Schwann-Robert Hooke-Rudolf Virchow-

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Biology

History of Cells

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The first scientist to observe cells with the help of a simple microscope was

Robert Brown

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Theodor Schwann

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Rudolf Virchow

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Robert Hooke

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Briefly give the contributions of the following scientists in formulating the cell theory

(a) Rudolf Virchow

(b) Schleiden and Schwann

Q. Match the terms given in column 'A' with those in column 'B'.

	Column A		Column B
(a)	discovery of the cell	(i)	Schleiden and Schwann
(b)	first description of cell nucleus	(ii)	Rudolf Virchow
(c)	formulation of cell theory	(iii)	Robert Hooke
(d)	every cell arises from a cell	(iv)	Robert Brown

Match the discoveries with the scientists.

$\begin{matrix} S c i e n t i s t & D i s c o v e r y a. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek & i. All animals are made of cells b. Robert Hooke & ii.Microscope c. Theodore Schwann & iii.Cork has boxed structures d. Matthias Schleiden & iv.All plants are made of cells \end{matrix}$

Robert Hooke was the first scientist who coined the term ‘cell’. Which cell did he observe under the microscope?

X - Leeuwenhoek - ------------- -

discovered the nucleus in the cell.

Y - Virchow - ------- -

coined the term protoplasm.

Z - Schwann - -------- -

first discovered the cells.
Which of the following sets of words should be used to replace the underlined terms in the given statements in order to make the statements correct?

\begin{matrix} X & Y & Z (1) & Robert Hooke & Robert Brown & Schleiden (2) & Robert Brown & Schwann & Robert Hooke (3) & Robert Brown & Purkinje & Robert Hooke (4) & Purkinje & Robert Brown & Robert Hooke \end{matrix}

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