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Under the microscope quiz

What's under the microscope?

300 years ago, a scientist called Antony van Leeuwenhoek looked down a microscope at a drop of rain – and found tiny things swimming around. 

It was a bit of a yucky surprise. But he had discovered microorganisms that are super-important to life as we know it. 

Today, modern microscopes reveal all kinds of hidden worlds.