Plant Cell Ultrastucture

Question 1

Define Eukaryotic

Answer 1

have membrane bound organelles

Question 2

Define Prokaryotic

Answer 2

no membrane bound organelles

Question 3

Describe chloroplasts

Answer 3

2 membranes
stacks are called granum
lamella links the granum

Question 4

What is the Plamodesmata?

Answer 4

Gaps in the cell that make channels between 2 plant cells

Question 5

What is the function of Plasmodesmata?

Answer 5

They allow transport of substances between cells and communication between 2 cells.

Question 6

What are pits?

Answer 6

Where the cell is very thin but there isn’t a channel.

It looks like depression/dent in the cell walls

Question 7

what is the function of pits?

Answer 7

they allow transport of some substances between cells

Question 8

What is a middle lamella?

Answer 8

The outermost layer of the cell

Question 9

What is the function of the middle lamella?

Answer 9

it acts as an adhesive, sticking adjacent cells together and giving plant stability