AP BIOLOGY

THE CELL

CELL THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This scientist was the first to identify cells and name them after looking at cork underneath a microscope:
A
Hooke
B
Leeunwenhoek
C
Schleiden
D
Virchow
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -English scientist Robert Hooke published Micrographia in 1665. In it, he illustrated the smallest complete parts of an organism, which he called cells. In 1665, Robert Hooke published Micrographia, a book filled with drawings and descriptions of the organisms he viewed under the recently invented microscope.

Detailed explanation-2: -These advancements allowed Hooke to see something wondrous when he placed a piece of cork under the microscope. Hooke detailed his observations of this tiny and previously unseen world in his book, Micrographia.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the year 1665, Robert Hooke observed cork cells under the microscope. Hooke saw cell walls in cork tissue and coined the term ‘cells’ for them, as the box-like compartments of cork reminded him of the cells of a monastery. Q. Robert Hooke was the first person who saw cells using a microscope.

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