Microscope Worksheet
Microscope Worksheet
04798-
MN-
0 Labor
ator
yAct
ivi
ty#1
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rst
en BSBi
ology3-
4AB
Mi
croscopyandt
heCel
l
Obj
ect
ivel
ensest
otal
magni
fi
cat
ion:
For
mul
a:Tot
alMagni
fi
cat
ion=Poweroft
heObj
ect
ivexPoweroft
heey
epi
ece(
10x)
4x
(10)=40x 10x(
10)=100x 20x(
10)
=200x
·I
dent
if
yingt
hepar
tsandf
unct
ionofami
croscope.
Par
ts Funct
ions
1.Ey
epi
ece Thi
sist
hepar
tusedt
olookt
hrought
he
mi
croscope.I
tisf
oundatt
het
opoft
he
mi
croscopeandi
tsst
andar
dmagni
fi
cat
ion
i
s10x.
2.BodyTube Separ
atest
heobj
ect
iveandt
heey
epi
ece
andassur
escont
inuousal
i
gnmentoft
he
opt
ics.
3.Fi
neAdj
ust
mentKnob Asmal
l
erknobusedf
ordel
i
cat
efocusi
ng
br
ingi
ngt
heobj
ecti
ntoaper
fectf
ocus.
4.Rev
olv
ingNosepi
ece Thi
s ci
rcul
ar st
ruct
ure i
s wher
e t
he
di
ff
erentobj
ect
ivel
ensesar
escr
ewedi
n.
Tochanget
hemagni
fi
cat
ionpower
,si
mpl
y
r
otat
ethet
urr
et.
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ator
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heCel
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5.HPOl
ens I
dealf
orobser
vingsmal
ldet
ail
swi
thi
na
speci
men sampl
e.The powerf
orhi
gh
obj
ect
ivei
s40x.
6.LPOl
ens Cov
ersawi
def
iel
dofv
iew andi
susef
ul
f
or exami
ning l
arge speci
mens or
sur
vey
ingmanysmal
l
erspeci
mens.Thi
s
obj
ect
ive i
s usef
ul f
or al
i
gni
ng t
he
mi
croscope. The power f
or t
he l
ow
obj
ect
ivei
s10X.
7.Di
aphr
agm Cont
rol
stheamountofl
i
ghtt
hatr
eaches
t
he speci
men. I
t i
s an adj
ust
abl
e
appar
atus, hence cont
rol
l
ing t
he l
i
ght
i
ntensi
tyandt
hesi
zeoft
hebeam ofl
i
ght
t
hatget
stot
hespeci
men.
8.Mi
rr
or Usedt
oref
lectl
i
ghtf
rom anext
ernall
i
ght
sour
ce up t
hrough t
he bot
tom oft
he
st
age.
9.Base Thebot
tom oft
hemi
croscope,usedf
or
suppor
t. The base suppor
ts t
he
mi
croscopeand i
t'
swher
eil
l
umi
nat
ori
s
l
ocat
ed.
10.Coar
seAdj
ust
mentKnob Gear
edt
othebodyt
ubewhi
chel
evat
esor
l
ower
swhen r
otat
ed br
ingi
ng t
heobj
ect
i
ntoappr
oxi
mat
efocus.
11.Ar
m Connect
stheey
epi
ecet
ubet
othebase.
Thi
sist
he par
tyou shoul
d hol
d when
t
ranspor
ti
ngami
croscope.
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ator
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croscopyandt
heCel
l 2
12.St
agecl
i
p Secur
est
hespeci
ment
othest
age.
13.I
ncl
i
nat
ionj
oint Al
l
owst
il
ti
ng oft
hemi
croscopef
ort
he
conv
eni
enceoft
heuser
.
Obser
vat
ion:Compar
ingoni
oncel
l
stocheekcel
l
s.
Di
ff
erences CheekCel
l
s Oni
onCel
l
Wr
it
ethe di
ff
erences y
ou Cheekcel
l
sseemedt
obe Thepr
esenceofcel
lwal
l
s
obser
ved bet
ween t
he ov
erl
appi
ngeachot
herand ononi
oncel
l
spr
ovi
debr
ick-
cheekcel
l
sand t
heoni
on t
hisi
sduet
othef
actt
hat l
i
keshapeandr
igi
dit
y.
cel
l
sint
hedesi
gnat
edbox eukar
yot
ic cel
l
slack cel
l
pr
ovi
ded. wal
l
.
Si
mil
ari
ti
es CheekCel
l
s Oni
onCel
l
Wr
it
ethe si
mil
ari
ti
es y
ou Bot
h hav
ethe same or
ganel
l
es such as t
he cel
l
obser
ved bet
ween t
he membr
ane,cy
topl
asm andnucl
eusasobser
vedont
he
cheekcel
l
sandoni
oncel
l
s pr
ovi
dedmi
croscopy
.
i
n t
he desi
gnat
ed box
pr
ovi
ded.
Sket
chofCel
l
s CheekCel
l
s Oni
onCel
l
Do y
oursket
ches oft
he
t
wo t
ypes ofcel
l
sint
he
desi
gnat
edboxpr
ovi
ded.
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ator
yAct
ivi
ty#1:Mi
croscopyandt
heCel
l 3
·I
dent
if
yingt
hepar
tsandf
unct
ionsofoni
oncel
landt
hecheekcel
l
.
TheCheekCel
l Oni
onCel
l
Par
tsandFunct
ions:
·Thecel
lwal
l,whi
chi
spr
esentonl
yinpl
antcel
l
s,pr
ovi
desuppor
ttot
hecel
l
,hel
pingi
t
t
okeepi
t'
sshapeandi
smadef
rom cel
l
ulose.
·Thecel
lmembr
anei
sat
hinsemi
-per
meabl
emembr
anet
hatsur
roundst
hecy
topl
asm
ofacel
l
.It
sfunct
ioni
stopr
otectt
hei
ntegr
it
yoft
hei
nter
ioroft
hecel
lbyal
l
owi
ng
cer
tai
nsubst
ancesi
ntot
hecel
lwhi
l
ekeepi
ngot
hersubst
ancesout
.
·Thecy
topl
asm i
sawat
ery
,jel
l
y-l
i
kel
i
qui
dthatf
il
lst
hecel
l
.Iti
swher
ethechemi
cal
r
eact
ionst
akepl
ace.
·Thenucl
eusi
sthecont
rolcent
reoft
hecel
l
.Itcont
ainst
hegenet
icmat
eri
aland
coor
dinat
escel
lact
ivi
ti
esl
i
kepr
otei
nsy
nthesi
sandcel
ldi
vi
sion.
Wr
it
eyouransweront
hespacepr
ovi
dedf
ort
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions.
·Howdoest
heshapeoft
heoni
oncel
l
sdi
ff
erf
rom t
hatoft
hecheekcel
l
s?
Themai
ndi
ff
erencebet
weenoni
oncel
landt
hecheekcel
list
hatt
heoni
oncel
lisa
pl
antcel
lwi
thacel
lwal
lmadeupofcel
l
ulosewher
east
hehumancheekcel
lisan
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ator
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ty#1:Mi
croscopyandt
heCel
l 4
ani
malcel
lwi
thoutacel
lwal
l
.Fur
ther
mor
e,t
heoni
oncel
l
sar
ebr
ick-
li
kei
nshapewhi
l
e
t
hehumancheekcel
l
sar
erounded.
·Acel
l
'sshapeof
tencor
rel
ateswi
thi
tsf
unct
ion.Howdoy
ouexpl
aint
heshapeoft
he
oni
oncel
l
sver
susy
ourcheekcel
l
s?
Thecel
lwal
linpl
ant
siscomposedmai
nlyofcel
l
uloseandi
tsmai
nfunct
ioni
sto
pr
ovi
dest
ruct
ure,suppor
t,andpr
otect
ionf
ort
hecel
l
.Meanwhi
l
e,ani
malcel
l
s,l
i
ke
cheekcel
l
s,donothav
ecel
lwal
l
sbecauset
heydonotneedt
hem.Cel
lwal
l
s,whi
char
e
f
oundi
npl
antcel
l
s,mai
ntai
ncel
lshapeandcausesr
igi
dit
ywhi
chal
l
owspl
ant
stost
and
upr
ightwi
thoutt
heneedf
orbones.
·Whatst
ruct
ureswer
eyouabl
etoseei
nbot
hty
pesofcel
l
s?
Thest
ruct
urest
hatcanbeseenont
hepr
ovi
dedmi
croscopyi
nbot
hty
peofcel
l
sar
e
nucl
eus,
cyt
opl
asm andcel
lmembr
ane.
·Bot
hpl
ant
scel
l
sandani
malcel
l
scont
ainmi
tochondr
ionandy
ett
heywer
enotv
isi
ble
i
nthecel
l
svi
ewedi
nthi
sact
ivi
ty.Doest
hismeant
hatt
heseor
ganel
l
esar
enotf
oundi
n
cheekandoni
oncel
l
s?Whyorwhynot
?Expl
ain.
Ther
ewer
enomi
tochondr
iaobser
vedi
nthepr
ovi
dedmi
croscopyofbot
hcheekcel
l
s
andoni
oncel
l
sbuti
tdoesn'
tmeant
hatt
heor
ganel
l
esar
enotf
oundi
nthesampl
ecel
l
s.
Wef
ailt
oobser
vedmi
tochondr
iaduet
othel
ow r
esol
uti
onoft
hemi
croscopeused
whi
ch,It
hink,i
sal
i
ghtmi
croscope.Al
though t
her
e ar
e some i
nst
ances t
hat
mi
tochondr
iaar
evi
si
blewi
tht
hel
i
ghtmi
croscopebutt
heycannotbeseeni
ndet
ail
.
·Whydi
dyou add i
odi
net
otheoni
on cel
l
sbef
orel
ooki
ng att
hem t
hrough t
he
mi
croscope?Whydi
dyouaddmet
hyl
enebl
uet
othecheekcel
l
sbef
orel
ooki
ngatt
hem
t
hrought
hemi
croscope?
I
odi
newasaddedt
ooni
oncel
l
sbecausei
twor
ksasast
ain.I
odi
nebi
ndt
othest
arch
gr
anul
es pr
esenti
nthe oni
on maki
ng t
hem mor
evi
sibl
e undert
he mi
croscope.
Meanwhi
l
e,addi
ngmet
hel
ynebl
uet
ocheekcel
l
sbef
oret
hemi
croscopywi
l
lhel
pto
cl
ear
lyobser
veandi
dent
if
ythedi
ff
erentpar
tsoft
hecel
lsi
ncei
tisal
soast
aini
ngagent
.
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ator
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heCel
l 5
·Descr
ibet
heappear
anceandt
hef
unct
ionofacel
l
'scy
topl
asm.
Cy
topl
asm i
scl
eari
ncol
orandhasagel
-l
ikemat
eri
al.I
tsmai
nfunct
ioni
stosuppor
t
andsuspendor
ganel
l
esandcel
l
ularmol
ecul
essuchasenzy
meswhi
char
eresponsi
ble
f
orbr
eaki
ngdownwast
eandal
soai
dinmet
abol
i
cact
ivi
ty.Cy
topl
asm i
stheone
r
esponsi
blef
orgi
vi
ngacel
lit
sshape.I
tal
sohel
pst
ofi
l
loutt
hecel
landkeeps
or
ganel
l
esi
nthei
rpl
ace.
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ator
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croscopyandt
heCel
l 6