AP BIOLOGY

THE CELL

CELL THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was Matthias Schleiden?
A
Discovered that all cells come from cells.
B
He looked at living plant specimens under a microscope and came to the conclusion that all living things are made of cells.
C
Responsible for the term “The Cell.”
D
Discovered that all animals are made of cells.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who was Matthias Jacob Schleiden? Matthias Jacob Schleiden was a German botanist who, with Theodor Schwann, cofounded the cell theory . In 1838 Schleiden defined the cell as the basic unit of plant structure, and a year later Schwann defined the cell as the basic unit of animal structure.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1838, Matthias Schleiden, a German botanist, concluded that all plant tissues are composed of cells and that an embryonic plant arose from a single cell. He declared that the cell is the basic building block of all plant matter. This statement of Schleiden was the first generalizations concerning cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the early 1800s, scientists had observed the cells of many different organisms. These observations led two German scientists, named Theodor Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden, to propose that cells are the basic building blocks of all living things.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1838, German scientist Matthias Schleiden concluded that all plants are made of cells. The next year Theodor Schwann, another German, concluded that all animals were also made of cells.

Detailed explanation-5: -In his short article, Schleiden did state that the cell is the fundamental unit of plant structure; i.e., all plants are made of cells.

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