PoK 1.1 (Choice 4)

Hooke coins the term "cell"

1655

English scientist Robert Hooke, while studying cork, claimed that there were little sections that looked like cells. Hence, the term "cell" was coined.

Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria

1683

Dutch biologist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, using a microscope he created, noticed organisms that he called "animalcules". These organisms would turn out to be bacteria.

Cell Theory Created

1838

German scientists Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann claim that all plants and all animals are consist of cells, respectively. This idea of life being composed of these cells would lead to the well-known cell theory.

Virchow Explains Origin of Cells

1850

Biologist Rudolf Virchow claims that cells multiply to create more cells, adding on to the Cell Theory.

Electron Microscope

1930

The first electron microscope, created in the 1930s, led to the ability to see finer detail as compared to a light microscope. For once, things as small as the inside of cells could be viewed.

Real World Application and Works Cited

2019

It is from the discoveries of these biologists that we now understand the origin of ourselves, and more complex studies of these cells have led to advancements in areas such as medicine.
Works Cited: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1reX-iz67dO2nygVusq4P3cJZFHojuRR1iSKyhyxIGCA/edit?usp=sharing