uestions
1. Who discovered cells, and how?
2. Why is the cell called the
structural and functional unit of
life?
Answers
1.Robert hooke discovered cells, through compound microscope..
2.cells forms tissues by combining in a group,tissues makes organs and organ works forming a system..and whole body works..hope it will help you
The cell was first discovered and named by Robert Hooke in 1665. He remarked that it looked strangely similar to cellula or small rooms which monks inhabited, thus deriving the name. However what Hooke actually saw was the dead cell walls of plant cells (cork) as it appeared under the microscope.
Cell is called structural and fundamental unit of life because body of all the organisms is made up of cells. It is functional unit of life because all the functions of body (physiological, biochemical. genetic and other metabolic functions) are carried out by cells