The Cell Structure

Question 1

What is found in the cytoplasm of a plant cell?

Answer 1

Vacuole, mitochondrion, ribosome, nucleus and chloroplast

Question 2

What stain did you use for viewing point cells on slide?

Answer 2

Iodine stain

Question 3

State two features visible under a light microscope that indicate that cells are typical plant cells

Answer 3

1. Vacuole

2. Cell wall

Question 4

Name a stain that you used when examining an animal cell under a microscope

Answer 4

Methylene blue

Question 5

Describe the difference in colour between the nucleus and cytoplasm when stained

Answer 5

1. Nucleus was darker

2. Cytoplasm was paler

Question 6

Where in the cell would you expect to find phospholipids

Answer 6

1. cell wall

Question 7

State a function of ribosome

Answer 7

makes proteins

Question 8

State function of cell membrane

Answer 8

selectively permeable only allows certain substances in and out of the cell

Question 9

two ways in which red blood cells differ from typical body cells

Answer 9

red blood cells don’t have a nucleus

Question 10

Name 2 features of a plant cell which are not associated with animal cell

Answer 10

1. Vacuole

2. Cell wall

Question 11

Name a cell organelle, apart from the nucleus in which DNA is found

Answer 11

Mitochondria

Question 12

Name an organelle in which photosynthesis takes place

Answer 12

Chloroplast

Question 13

One feature that would allow you to identify an eukaryotic cell

Answer 13

cell that has a nucleus and enclosed organelles

Question 14

Where in the cell of a leaf is chlorophyll found?

Answer 14

Chloroplast