Cell Structure and Function

Chapter 1 - Section 1

Discovering Cells

Cells – basic unit of life

Microscope – allowed people to see cells for the first time

Robert Hooke – 1663 first viewed cork under a microscope, called them cells

Anton van Leeuwanhoek – observed pond water, saw tiny single celled organisms, called them “animacuels”

Cell Theory

1) all living things are made of cells

2) cells are the basic unit of life

3) cells produce other cells