Question

When Robert Hooke looked at cork through a microscope , he named what he saw “cells” because__________

a. He could barely see what he was looking at
b. The cork looked like shells
c. They were the holes of the cork
d. The cork looked like tiny rectangular rooms

Answer 1

D. The cork looked like tiny rectangular rooms

Step-by-step explanation:

The invention that helped scientists discover the cell is the microscope. Tell why Hooke called the structures he saw in the cork cellular("small rooms"). He called them cellular because the box like cells reminded him of the monks monasteries.