REFERENCE PAGE
Make-Up Lab/ Animal and Plant Cell Lab
***Because you were not here to do the lab you will use this reference page to answer and to fill out your Make-Up Lab worksheet below.***
PURPOSE: To examine the structures of actual plant and animal cells.
To compare and contrast cell structures seen using the light microscope.
MATERIALS:
microscope
two glass slides
two cover slips
dropper
onion
toothpick
iodine stain
methylene blue stain
Slides made from an ONION:
PLANT CELL 4x PLANT CELL 10x PLANT CELL 40x
Slides made from a CHEEK:
CHEEK CELL 4x CHEEK CELL 10x CHEEK CELL 40x
****You will use this to answer the questions below. Do not turn this page in to me. I only want the 2 pages below!!!! ****
Name______
Period______
MAKE-UP-Animal and Plant Cell Lab
PRELAB:
· How to interpret drawings
· Review differences between a animal and a plant cell.
· Review the characteristics that make up a cell.
Purpose:______
Materials:______
Procedure: Look at the pictures and draw what you see. Label once you had made your drawings. Answers the questions after you draw the onion and cheek cell.
Observations:
Onion Cell (Label- cell wall, cytoplasm, nucleus)
4x 10x 40x
Cheek Cell (Label-cell membrane, cytoplasm,nucleus)
4x 10x 40x
Conclusion
Questions:
1. Which one is the animal cell? Which one is the plant cell? ______
2. What is the difference between the animal cell and the plant cell that you observed in the pictures? ______
3. Why is it harder to see the outside structure of the cheek cell verses the onion cell?
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4. Were the cells you observed today prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
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5. Where could you find animal cells other than the ones that are in the pictures? ______
6. Where could you find plant cells other than the ones that are in the pictures? ______
7. Why is Exploring the South American rain forest, a scientist discovers a mysterious organism and brings it back to the lab for further study. What cell characteristics should the scientist examine to tell whether the organism is an animal or plant? Why?
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