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Vocab Quiz 23
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cells | the building blocks of living things |
| Microscope | a scientific instrument designed to make very small objects look larger, allowing them to be seen, examined, and studied |
| Robert Hooke | English scientist that first discovered cells |
| Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek | A Dutch merchant who first discovered/described microorganisms like bacteria. Known as the “father of microbiology”. |
| Matthias Schleiden | German scientist that concluded that all plants were made up of cells. |
| Theodor Schwann | German scientist that concluded that all animals were made up of cells and helped expand the theory that all living things are made up of cells. |
| Rudolf Virchow | German scientists that concluded that all cells come from preexisting cells. |
| _____________________________ are made up of one or more cells. | All living things |
| Cells are the ______________________ of structure and function in living things. | basic unit |
| All cells come from ___________________ cells. | preexisting |