Question

The term plastid was given by

• A. Schimper
• B. Haeckel
• C. Hanstein
• D. Strasburger

Answer 1

The correct option is B 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).
• Plastids were discovered and named by Ernst Haeckel in the year 1886.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Haeckel'.