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Robert Hooke fave this name to the cells he saw in a piece of cork becuse the reminded him of the cells that monks live in. They, like many plant cells, were square. If he had seen an animal cell the name may have not been " cell. "
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoRobert Hooke was the first person to coin the term cell.Because he saw a slice of cork through a microscope and it reminded him of a jail cell.
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When was the term cell first used?
A British scientist, by the name of Robert Hooke, first coined the term "cell" in 1665 when he used a microscope to examine a thin slice of cork from the bark of an oak tree. He was comparing the compartments to the rooms that the monks slept in, which were called cells.
The scientists first used the term cell to describe the basic units of life?
Robert Hooke
What material did English physicist rober hooke look under a mircroscope when he first used the term cell?
He looked at a cork
When less solute is outside the cell and water moves into the cell it's called a?
osmosis, is the term that can be used for this scientific term
What term is used for the basic unit of living matter in the body?
the cell .
When Hooke first used the term cell did he intend to have it applying to living material?
yes
When was the term cell first used?
A British scientist, by the name of Robert Hooke, first coined the term "cell" in 1665 when he used a microscope to examine a thin slice of cork from the bark of an oak tree. He was comparing the compartments to the rooms that the monks slept in, which were called cells.
The scientists first used the term cell to describe the basic units of life?
Robert Hooke
What term is used for the structures of a cell?
organelles
What material did English physicist rober hooke look under a mircroscope when he first used the term cell?
He looked at a cork
What is the term used to describe cell gel and all organelles in a cell?
The Cytoplasm
When less solute is outside the cell and water moves into the cell it's called a?
osmosis, is the term that can be used for this scientific term
Who used the term plasma first?
who first used the term plasma in science?
Who used the term grandfather first?
the term was first used by Harold hardradar
What material did english physicist robeert hooke look at under a microscope when he first used the term cell?
Dead Cork cells
What is meant by the term cell specialization?
Cell specialization is a term that is used in biology. How cells specialize to do a specific function is cell specialization. It is controlled by gene regulations.
What is the major contribution of Robert Hooke?
He was the first person to record seeing cells in cork when viewed under the microscope. He first used the term 'cell' to describe what he saw.
