Question

These words were written by Robert Hooke in 1665. The pores or cells that Hooke described were really —

Responses

Mitochondria
Mitochondria

Nuclei
Nuclei

Cell walls
Cell walls

Cell membranes

Answer 1

The pores or cells that Robert Hooke described in 1665 were really **cell walls**. Hooke observed thin slices of cork and noted the presence of small, empty chambers which he called "cells." These chambers correspond to the cell walls of plant cells, as the cork is composed of dead plant tissue.