The document discusses the basic structure and function of cells. It notes that cells are the smallest living units that can only be seen with a microscope. Robert Hooke in the mid-1600s first observed cells when looking at a sliver of cork through a microscope and coined the term "cell". All cells have a surrounding membrane, cell contents in thick fluid called protoplasm, structures for cell function called organelles, and a control center with DNA. There are two main types of cells - prokaryotic which were the first cells on earth like bacteria and archaea, and eukaryotic cells which have a nucleus bound by a membrane and include fungi, protists, plants and animals. Key cellular organelles are