Question

Arrange the following discoveries regarding cells in chronological order from oldest to latest.

i. All plants and animals are made up of cells
ii. Microscope
iii. Cork has structures like cell

• A. i, ii, iii
• B. iii, ii, i
• C. ii, iii, i
• D. i, iii, ii

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

ii, iii, i

After the discovery of microscope by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Hooke observed cork cells under the microscope and coined the term 'cell'. After the discovery of cell and more studies on cell structure and behaviour, the postulates of the cell theory were put forth by Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden.