Activity 3:

REFLECTION: WHAT I HAVE LEARNED?

DIRECTION: Answer the following questions.

1. What is the cell theory and what does it state?

The Cell Theory is one of the basic principles of biology. It  states that all living things
are composed of cells and cells are the basic units of life.

2. What do we call the basic generalizations that are accepted by modern science
about cell?

Cell theory

3. Among the scientists, who advanced the cell theory with his conclusion that cells
could only come from other cells?

Rudolf Virchow completed cell theory when he determined that cells only come from
other pre-existing cells.

4. What discovery is Van Leeuwenhoek noted for?

He is known for the discovery of bacteria.

5. What caused scientists to discover the existence of cells?

The development of the first microscope allowed scientists to see cells.

 Asynchronous Session
Gr. 12 STEM SMC
General Biology 1

Learning Task 1: DISCOVERY OF THE CELL

DIRECTION: Take note of the scientists and their respective works. Name the  
scientist who gave the following statements.

Rudolph Virchow 1. All cells come from pre-existing cells (1855).

Theodor Schwann 2. All animals are made up of cells (1830).

Matthias Jacob Schleiden 3. All plants are made up of cells (1830).

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 4. Tiny living organisms are observed (1673).

Robert Hooke 5. Thousands of tiny empty chambers in cork are called cells (1665). 

Learning Task 2: 

Direction: Research on the theory of spontaneous generation or theory of a biogenesis

by Stanley Miller and Francesco Redi and Louis Pasteur‘s experiment. Compare the
two theories on the origin of life. 

The main difference between spontaneous generation and biogenesis is that

the spontaneous generation is a hypothesis that describes the origin of life from non-
living things whereas the biogenesis is a hypothesis that describes the origination of life
from pre-existing forms of life.