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Name of Lab: Lab 5- Cells
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Part 1—Estimating Size
Use the directions on Lab 5 (under “Laboratory” on Blackboard) to answer these questions.
Item
Size (including units)
a. Dust Mite
b. Lymphocyte
c. E.coli
d. Baker’s Yeast
e. Rhinovirus
Part 2—Cell Structure Questions
Use the directions on Lab 5 (under “Laboratory” on Blackboard) to answer these questions.
3a. What is the role of a vacuole in a plant cell? What color is it in this diagram?
3b. What are cell walls made of in plants and what is their function?
3c. Why are chloroplasts green?
4a. What do lysosomes do?
4b. What is the purple structure in the center of the cell? What is its function?
4c. What is the orange colored structure? Do plants have this structure? Do bacteria?
5a. What are the small, red structures that protrude from the sides of the cell in this diagram? What is their function?
5b. What is the difference between pili (sing pilus) and flagella (sing flagellum)?
Part 3—Estimation of Population Growth Rate
Use the directions on Lab 5 (under “Laboratory” on Blackboard) to answer these questions.
Number of cells
Time
Rate (#cells/time)