NAME: CRYSTAL DAWN DALITON

SUBJECT: BIOLOGY
COURSE: BS NURSING

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1. D 6. D 11. C
2. B 7. A 12. B
3. C 8. C 13. B
4. A 9. D 14. B
5. D 10. C 15. D

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1. Determined that all animals were made of cells - C. Schwann
2. Looked at cork and called it “cells” – A. Hooke
3. Determined that all cells come from pre-existing cells – B. Virchow
4. Invented the first compound microscope – E. Leeuwenhoek
5. Determined that all plants are made up of cell - D. Schleiden

SPONTANEOUS GENERATION SUMMARY TABLE

Scientists and date Experiment performed Main idea

(Brief description)

the notion that life can Aristotle proposed that life arose from
Aristotle (384–322 BC) arise from nonliving nonliving material if the material
matter contained pneuma (“vital heat”).
 Jan Baptista van proposed that mice could
Helmont arise from rags and
wheat kernels Left in an
open container for 3
weeks.
Performed an
experiment in 1668 that
1668
was one of the first to
Francesco Redi (1626–
refute the idea that
1697)
maggots (the larvae of
flies) spontaneously
generate on meat left
out in the open air.
Published a report of his
own experiments, in
1745 which he briefly boiled
John Needham (1713– broth infused with plant or
1781) animal matter, hoping to
kill all preexisting
microbes.
Lazzaro Spallanzani
did not agree with
Needham’s
conclusions, however,
Lazzaro Spallanzani and performed
(1729–1799)
hundreds of carefully
executed experiments
using heated broth.
Habitats provided ideal food sources
and shelter for mouse populations to
flourish.
Preventing flies
from having direct
contact with the meat
would also prevent the
appearance of maggots.
He concluded that
maggots could only form
when flies were allowed
to lay eggs in the meat,
and that the maggots
were the offspring of
flies, not the product of
spontaneous generation.
After a few days, Needham observed
that the broth had become cloudy and
a single drop contained numerous
microscopic creatures. He argued that
the new microbes must have arisen
spontaneously. In reality, however, he
likely did not boil the broth enough to
kill all preexisting microbes.
This suggested that microbes
were introduced into these flasks
from the air. In response to
Spallanzani’s findings, Needham
argued that life originates from a
“life force” that was
destroyed during Spallanzani’s
extended boiling. Any
subsequent sealing of the flasks
then prevented new life force
from entering and causing
spontaneous generation.
 CELL THEORY SUMMARY TABLE

Direction: The table below indicates events that led to the cell theory.
Complete the table by filling in the blank spaces.

Date Scientist Discovery

1665 a. Robert Examine the thin slice of cork

Hooke

b. 1674 Anton Van c. Discovered free cells and observed

Leeuwenhoek the nucleus within some red blood
cells.
1838 Matthias d. Stated that all plants are
Schleiden composed of cells

e. f. Theodore Stated that all animals are made

____1839_______ Schwann up of cell

1858 g. Rudolph h. theorized that all living cells come

Virchow from pre-existing living cells

REFLECTIVE WRITING

It is essential for a student like us to review the history of cell theory.

We would then learn how scientists found cell components using only
rudimentary technology such as a crude microscope. Looking back at
the errors of the cell hypothesis, we can see how our own
misunderstanding was corrected with good reasoning. If we read the
features of the cells detailed by the scientists who discovered and
studied them, we will be able to understand and recall the different
staining procedures much more simply. Knowing that all living things
are made up of cells allows us to understand how organisms are
created, grow, and die. That information helps us understand how new
life is created, why organisms take the form they do, how cancer
spreads, how diseases can be managed, and more.