Question

The term nucleus was given by ____________.

• A. Leeuwenhock
• B. Robert Hook
• C. Fleming
• D. Robert Brown

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Robert Brown

The explanation for the correct option :

Option D :

1. Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist who first coined the term nucleus.
2. He was interested in the microscopic studies of pollination in higher plants.
3. In 1831, his microscopic study led to the discovery of the nucleus in the cell.

The explanation for the incorrect option :

Option A :

1. Anton van Leeuwenhoek is known as the "Father of microbiology".
2. In 1973, he discovered single-celled organisms which he called animalcules and which today we call bacteria and protists.

Option B :

1. Robert Hook was an Englishman who first discovered cells in 1665.
2. He was observing the cork under the microscope, he observed the small compartment, which he termed a cell.

Option C :

1. Fleming discovered the broadly effective antibiotic known as penicillin.