Discovery of Cell Robert Hooke at first examining a thin slice of dead cork [the bark of a tree] through a self-designed microscope in 1665. Robert Hooke predicts that the cork resembled the structure of a honeycomb consisting of many little boxes. He called these boxes cells. He described about this in his book “Micrographic”. Cell is a Latin word which means ‘a little room’. The word cell was derived from a Greek word “Cellulae” which means small room. First living cell was discovered by A.V. Leeuwenhoek with the improved microscope in pond water. Q. What are Living Organisms made up of? Answer: All living organisms that we observe around us are made up of cells. Q. Who gave the cell theory? What does it state? Which organism is an exception of cell theory? Answer: Two biologists, “Schleiden and Schwann” gave the “Cell theory” which was later on expanded by “Rudolf Virchow”. Cell theory states that (a) All plants and animals are composed of cells. (b) Cell is the ba
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