Chapter 8 CELL — STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS for class 8 The basic structural and functional unit of an organism The basic structural and functional unit of an organism is called cell. Cells are like bricks that are assembled to make a building. Similarly, cells are assembled to make the body of every organism. This is why cell are called the basic structural and functional unit of an organism. Found on kidcourses.com Discovery of cell: Robert Hooke in 1665 observed slices of cork (a part of the bark of a tree) under a simple magnifying device. He Robert Hooke observed under a microscope there are many partitioned boxes or compartments like a honeycomb. Hooke coined the term ‘cell’ for each box. A hen’s egg can be seen easily. Is it a cell or a group of cells? It is a single cell. A white blood cell (WBC) in human blood is another example of a single cell. How do scientists observe and study the living cells? Scientists used microscopes w
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