Room # _____ Microscope # _____ Instructor Signature________________________

The above signature indicates that the student has returned/ stored the microscope in an appropriate fashion.

EXERCISE #4 - LAB SUMMARY KEY

NAME: ____________________________
LAB DAY __________ TIME ___________
Microscope:
1. Scanning Power (4x) = ____~ 4.5 __mm; mm X 1000 = ___~ 4500 ____µm
Low Power (10x) = ____~ 2.0__mm; mm X 1000 = ___~ 2000 ____µm
High power (40x) = ____~ 0.5__mm; mm X 1000 = ___~ 500_____µm

2. Which objective lens (on the microscopes in the lab) provides the largest field of view? __Scanning (4x)

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3. Which objective lens (on the microscopes in the lab) provides the smallest field of view? _High (40x)___

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4. Is field of view directly or inversely related to magnification?

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Field of view is inversely related to magnification (the greater the magnification, the smaller the
field of view)

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5. What is the total magnification when using the:

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scanning lens (4x): 40 Low Power (10x): 100 High Power (40x): 400
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6. Below is a list of cell types and structures that one might find within such cells. An “X” indicates a
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structure/organelle within that cell type. With this information, answer the following questions.
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Cell Central Cell

Group Cell Type DNA Ribosome Nucleus Mitochondria Chloroplast
Membrane Vacuole Wall
Amoeba (Protista) X X X X X
Elodea (Plant) X X X X X X X X
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Onion (Plant) X X X X X X X X
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Eukaryotic Cheek (Animal) X X X X X

Euglena (Protista) X X X X X X
Paramecium
X X X X X
(Protista)
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Rhizopus (Fungus) X X X X X X
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Bacillus X X X X
Prokaryotic
Cyanobacteria
X X X X
(blue-green algae)

7. Indicate 3 structures that are common to all living cells?

a. ___DNA_______________ b. ____Cell membrane_____ c. _____Ribosomes_______

8. How is a Prokaryotic cell different from a Eukaryotic cell (give at least two examples)?
Eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus and prokaryotic cells do not
Eukaryotic cells contain membrane-bound organelles and prokaryotic cells do not

9. Identify 3 structures associated with plant cells that are not characteristic of animal cells.
a. ___Chloroplast_________ b. ___Central vacuole_______ c. ____Cell wall__________
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 10. Draw the following: (Your drawings will be graded for accuracy...take time to do a reasonable
representation by showing one or two large cells, NOT many tiny cells).

a. Elodea Cell: label - cell wall, b. Onion Cell: label - cell wall, nucleus,
chloroplast, and area of vacuole cell membrane, mitochondria (small blue-
green spots around edge of the cell)

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c. Cheek Epithelial Cell: label - cell membrane, nucleus

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d. Make a sketch of each of the 3 types of bacterial shapes viewed in lab today.
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coccus bacillus spirillum

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e. Amoeba: label: pseudopodia, nucleus, food vacuole
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11. Amoeba can move via the extension of finger-like projections called pseudopodia, what prevents
plant cells from moving in the same fashion?
Unlike amoeba, plants have rigid cell walls that prevent the formation of pseudopodia.

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 f. Paramecium: label: cilia, contractile vacuole, oral groove, nucleus

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g. Euglena: label – chloroplast, flagellum, nucleus

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make it similar to plants and what structures might make it similar to animals).
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Euglena are similar to plants because they both have chloroplast and are similar to animals
because neither has a cell wall.

13. Describe three different ways cells can accomplish movement as evidenced by the cells that you looked
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at today (Hint: look at Amoeba, Paramecium, and Euglena)

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a. ___Cilia_____________ b. ___Flagella___________ c. _____Pseudopodia______

14. Calculate the Total Surface Area (TSA), Volume, TSA/Volume Ratio and Weight of the two blocks.
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Block Total Surface Area (cm2) Volume (cm3) TSA/Volume Ratio (cm-1)
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Cell LxWx6 LxWxH TSA/V = 6 cm /1 cm = 6
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1 cm (1 cm)(1 cm)(6) = 6 cm (1 cm)(1 cm)(1 cm) = 1 cm (you don’t need to use units in
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Cell LxWx6 LxWxH TSA/V = 294 cm /343cm =
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7 cm (7 cm)(7 cm)(6) = 294 cm (7 cm)(7 cm)(7 cm) = 0.86
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343 cm

Assuming that the two blocks above represent two cells:

15. Which has the greater surface area to volume ratio (smaller or larger) block? __Smaller_______

16. Which cell (small or large) would be best at exchanging materials with its surroundings? Small
Did that cell have a large or small surface area to volume ratio? Large

17. Is the surface area to volume ratio directly or inversely related to size of a cell?
The size of a cell is inversely proportionate to the surface area to volume ratio.

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