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Step-by-step explanation:
The invention of the microscope paved way for the development of the cell theory because, without it, the cell and all the organelles of the cell would not have been discovered and or studied in great detail. It was through the use of a microscope that Robert Hooke was able to observe and name the cell and it was through the same microscope that the fine details of the cell were able to be studied by other scientists, culminating in the formulation of the cell theory.
The cell theory states that all living organisms are made up of cells, the cell is the basic unit of all life, and cells can only arise from already existing cells (via cell division). The components of the cell theory, therefore, are:
- Living organisms are made up of cells.
- The cell represents the basic unit of life.
- Cells can only arise from preexsiting cells.