Question

________ was the first to describe microorganisms, while ________ was the first person to see bacteria.

Answer 1

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek/Robert hook

Step-by-step explanation:

• Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek (1673) was the first to describe the microbes using a microscope of his own.
• Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek used a simple microscope to describe the microbes with accurate drawing and description.
• He called these microbes as animalcules.
• Hook was the first scientist to describe the living things under the microscope.
• He wrote a book Microphagia in 1665 with the description of plant cell.