AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hooke detailed his observations of this tiny and previously unseen world in his book, Micrographia. To him, the cork looked as if it was made of tiny pores, which he came to call “cells” because they reminded him of the cells in a monastery.

Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Hooke in 1665 observed thin slices of cork under a simple magnifying device. He observed box-like structures and coined the term “cells” for them as these reminded him of the cells in a monastery.

Detailed explanation-3: -As you can see, the cork was made up of many tiny units, which Hooke called cells. Cork Cells. This is what Robert Hooke saw when he looked at a thin slice of cork under his microscope.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.