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    All living things are made up of cells, which are the basic structural and functional units of life. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek discovered the first simple microscope and observed cells in 1665. He saw tiny hollow room-like structures in cork that resembled cells where monks lived, called them cells. Cells contain organelles that perform different life processes and provide structure to organisms. Organisms can be unicellular, consisting of a single cell, or multicellular, made of many specialized cells organized into tissues, organs, and organ systems.

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    All living things are made up of cells, which are the basic structural and functional units of life. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek discovered the first simple microscope and observed cells in 1665. He saw tiny hollow room-like structures in cork that resembled cells where monks lived, called them cells. Cells contain organelles that perform different life processes and provide structure to organisms. Organisms can be unicellular, consisting of a single cell, or multicellular, made of many specialized cells organized into tissues, organs, and organ systems.

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    All living things are made up of cells, which are the basic structural and functional units of life. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek discovered the first simple microscope and observed cells in 1665. He saw tiny hollow room-like structures in cork that resembled cells where monks lived, called them cells. Cells contain organelles that perform different life processes and provide structure to organisms. Organisms can be unicellular, consisting of a single cell, or multicellular, made of many specialized cells organized into tissues, organs, and organ systems.

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    All living things are made up of cells, which are the basic structural and functional units of life. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek discovered the first simple microscope and observed cells in 1665. He saw tiny hollow room-like structures in cork that resembled cells where monks lived, called them cells. Cells contain organelles that perform different life processes and provide structure to organisms. Organisms can be unicellular, consisting of a single cell, or multicellular, made of many specialized cells organized into tissues, organs, and organ systems.

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    THE CELL

    INTRODUCTION
    All living things that exist on the Earth are
    made up of cells. In Latin, the meaning of
    the word ‘cell’ is ‘small room’. These small
    rooms are not empty but contain
    compartments or subunits, that have
    some specific function which makes them
    distinct from each other, and are known as
    organelles. Cell organelles perform
    different functions inside the cell. All the
    life processes like digestion, respiration,
    circulation, excretion, locomotion,
    immunity, coordination and synthesis are
    carried out by the cells.
    The cell is also responsible for providing
    structure to our body. Thus, a cell is a
    structural and functional unit of life. A
    group of cells became a tissue and the
    tissues joined together to become an
    organ. Then, different organs make a
    whole organism.
    DISCOVERY OF CELLS
    The discovery of cells was made possible by a Dutch tradesman
    and scientist, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), who
    discovered the first simple microscope in which he used only
    on lens for magnification.

    Robert Hooke in 1665 observed small, thin pieces


    kjljjhhuhhhuhuhu of a cork (in the bark of old oak tree) under a microscope. He
    He saw very tiny hollow room- like structures which resemble
    resembled cells where old monks used to live. By doing modifications,
    he modificationds, also developed the compound microscope .
    CELLS AND THEIR NUMBERS
    UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS

    Unicellular organisms are those Multicellular organisms are those


    organisms which are made up of which are made up of more than one
    cell. To carry out essential life
    only a single cell. They carry out processes, multicellular organisms
    their life processes through a have tissues, organs and organ
    single cell only. The unicellular systems which are specialised in their
    organisms are usually smaller and function. Some examples of
    simple organisms, due to the multicellular organisms are plants and
    presence of one cell. For example, animals.
    Amoeba, Paramecium, some
    algae, etc.

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