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Question
Why was the invention of the microscope so important to the study of living beings?
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Solution
All living organisms, unicellular, or multicellular are made up of cells. Microscope makes it possible to see inside the cells that make up all living organisms. Without a microscope we could not see or understand, how life works. So the invention of the microscope made it possible to see the basic component of life.
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