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What are cells?
What are cells?
Cells are the tiny structures that make up all living organisms.
Why are cells called the basic building blocks of life?
Why are cells called the basic building blocks of life?
Cells are called the basic building blocks of life because they make up all living organisms.
Who named cells and why?
Who named cells and why?
Cells were named by Robert Hooke because he observed many tiny, hollow structures that looked like rooms in cork slices and thought they resembled the rooms where monks lived.
What are cells made of in the case of cork?
What are cells made of in the case of cork?
Are the cells that Robert Hooke observed living cells?
Are the cells that Robert Hooke observed living cells?
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What are cells?
What are cells?
Tiny structures composing all living organisms.
Cells: Building blocks of life?
Cells: Building blocks of life?
Cells form all living things; they're fundamental units.
Who named cells?
Who named cells?
Robert Hooke named cells after observing room-like structures.
Cork cell origin?
Cork cell origin?
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Hooke's cells alive?
Hooke's cells alive?
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