Question

Match the following:

• A. Plant-made of cells
• B. Invented microscope
• C. Discovered cell
• D. Animal-made of cells

Answer 1

Robert Hooke discovered cell in 1665 using the primitive microscope. Later Leeuwenhoek created an improved simple microscope, which was much better than the compound microscope at that time. Matthias Schleiden, a German botanist, stated that all plants are composed of cells. Theodor Schwann, a German physician stated that all animals are composed of cells.