Lab quiz (cell/mitosis)

Question 1

plastids

Answer 1

membrane bound organelles unique to plants

Question 2

chloroplast

Answer 2

-found in elodea
-store chlorophyll for photosynthesis

Question 3

leucoplasts

Answer 3

-found in potato
-colorless
-store starch (iodine stains starch)

Question 4

chromoplasts

Answer 4

-found in tomato
-red
-store other colored pigments besides chlorophyll

Question 5

collenchyma

Answer 5

thick primary wall
-walls unevenly thickened at corners
-found in cortex

Question 6

parenchyma

Answer 6

-thin primary wall
-found in pith region

Question 7

sclerenchyma

Answer 7

-thick primary wall
-found in vascular bundle
-dead at maturity

Question 8

pear stone cells

Answer 8

-cells that give pears grittiness
-sclerids: type of sclerenchyma cells
-stain with phloroglucinol

Question 9

anthocyanin pigment

Answer 9

-found in flower petals (begonia)
-water soluble and stored in vacuoles

Question 10

plasmodesmata

Answer 10

cytoplasmic connections between cells