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CELL LAB QUESTIONS
Question 1. How many layers thick is the epidermis?
Question 2. What is the general shape of a typical cell?
Question 3. What does the nucleus look like under low and high power?
Question 4. Within an individual cell, where are the cytoplasm and the nucleus found?
Question 5. What general characteristic of plant cells (type of cell) can be inferred from
observations of the cytoplasm and nucleus?
Question 6. Draw a diagram of one onion cell as observed under low power. Label the following
structures in one cell: nucleus, cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm.
Question 7. Draw and label a diagram of one Elodea cell labeling the cell wall, cell membrane,
chloroplasts and cytoplasm.
Question 8. What does Elodea look like under low power?
Question 9. Is a nucleus visible in the Elodea? Why or Why not?
Question 10. What does a single chloroplast look like?
Question 11. Are the chloroplasts moving or stationary? Make an inference to explain this.
Question 12. In what ways are the cells of onion epidermis and Elodea similar? Different?
Question 13. What observable characteristics can be used as evidence for classifying a specimen
as a plant? Use information from your notes to help you with this question.
Question 14. Inside the mouth, these cells are joined together in a sheet. Why are they scattered
here?
Question 15. How are these animal cells the same as the plant cells you observed? Different?
Question 16. Draw a few cheek cells and label the cell membrane, nucleus, and cytoplasm
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