Question

Discovery of the cell was possible due to the discovery of a telescope.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Microscope discovery:

1. Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist who developed a simple microscope.
2. The microscope was able to magnify any object by 300 times.
3. He was able to visualize living units called microbes in water and also the blood cells in the foot-web of frogs.
4. Robert Hook was the first scientist to develop a compound microscope which had 2 lenses to see different objects.
5. A slice of cork was first observed under the microscope.
6. In 1665, he stated that the cork is made up of small box-like structures named cells.

Final answer: The given statement is false.