Question

The term plastid was coined by

• A. Haeckel
• B. Strasburger
• C. Virchow
• D. Flemming

Answer 1

The correct option is A Haeckel

• Plastids are a pigment containing double membrane-bound organelle which is the site of manufacture and storage of chemical compounds.
  
• Plastids are of three types on the basis of the pigments present within them:-
  
• 1. chloroplast (green plastid), 2. the chromoplast (coloured plastid) and 3. leucoplast (colourless plastid).
  
• The term plastid was coined by Ernst Haeckel in the year 1866.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Haeckel'.