Multiple choice

Who discovered and coined and term 'cell'?

  1. Hooke and Harvey

  2. Hook

  3. Leeuwenhoek

  4. Schleiden and Schwann
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Robert Hooke discovered and coined the term 'cell' in 1665 when observing cork under a microscope. Leeuwenhoek later improved microscopy but did not name cells. Schleiden and Schwann developed cell theory nearly two centuries later, not cell discovery.

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