Robert Hooke was one of the greatest scientists, who discovered the cells in the year 1665 using his microscope. The cells discovered by him were dead plant cells.
The correct option is:
Option C. was alive
Anton van Leeuwenhoek was one of the greatest scientists who used a single-lens microscope to make his first observations on bacteria and protozoa.
He discovered this small living entity and named them animalcules.
Unlike Hooke, Leeuwenhoek discovered living cells, spirogyra in the water pond in the year 1674.
Therefore, Option C is correct.
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