Experiment+3

Drawing Plant Cells

You are required to make five (5) biological drawings of plant cells. You may make your own plant cell slides from the samples supplied or use professionally prepared slides that have been supplied for your use.

When you have completed the animal and plant cell diagrams you will need to answer the following questions: 1. Can you see anything in common with all your plant cells? 2. Can you see anything in common with all your animal cells? 3. Can you see any obvious differences between animal and plant cells?

Q1. Can you see anything in common with all your plant cells? A1. Most plant cells have a cell wall, vacuole, nucleus and chloroplasts if they are part of the stem or leaves. The Onion cell was different as it is not involved in the process of photosynthesis.
 * //Here are my biological drawings (plant cells)[[file:Variation-004.pdf]][[file:Variation-005.pdf]][[file:Variation-007.pdf]][[file:Variation-010.pdf]][[file:Variation-011.pdf]]//**
 * //Here are my answers to the questions above//**

Q2. Can you see anything in common with all your animal cells? A2. All animal cells have a cell membrane, nucleus and cytoplasm, but apart from that, each type of cell looks very different.

Q3. Can you see any obvious differences between animal and plant cells? A3. Animal cells can vary tremendously in shape and form because animals are more complex than plants. In animals there are often many different types of cells, each with a particular job to do. For example the heart cells, blood cells, skin cells and the muscle cells. Plant cells have less variety than animal cells. Most plant cells have chloroplasts in them which contains the green pigment used in photosynthesis. These are not found in the cells of roots or bulbs however.

Q4. Why do you think there would be difference between the animal and plant cells? A4. There are some differences between plant and animal cells because they do some things differently. They also have different things contained in their cells which allow them to perform their function. Plant cell have chloroplasts which are used in photosynthesis. These are found in leaves and stems, which make up most of the plant. They are in the green parts of the plants but not the roots.