UMUC Biology 102 / 103 Lab 3: Cell Structure And Function ANSWER KEY

Discipline: Biology (and other Life Sciences)

Type of Paper: Question-Answer

Academic Level: High school

Paper Format: APA

Pages: 3 Words: 825

Question

 Cell Structure and Function

Post-Lab Questions

1.    Label each of the arrows in the following slide image:

 

 

2.    What is the difference between the rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

 

 

 

3.    Would an animal cell be able to survive without a mitochondria? Why or why not?

 

 

 

4.    What could you determine about a specimen if you observed a slide image showing the specimen with a cell wall, but no nucleus or mitochondria?

 

 

 

5.    Hypothesize why parts of a plant, such as the leaves, are green, but other parts, such as the roots, are not. Use scientific reasoning to support your hypothesis.

 

Post-Lab Questions

Experiment 2: Osmosis - Direction and Concentration Gradients

Data Tables and Post-Lab Assessment

1.    For each of the tubing pieces, identify whether the solution inside was hypotonic, hypertonic, or isotonic in comparison to the beaker solution in which it was placed.

 

2.    Which tubing increased the most in volume? Explain why this happened.

 

 

 

 

3.    What do the results of this experiment this tell you about the relative tonicity between the contents of the tubing and the solution in the beaker?

 

 

 

4.    What would happen if the tubing with the yellow band was placed in a beaker of distilled water?


 

5.    How are excess salts that accumulate in cells transferred to the blood stream so they can be removed from the body? Be sure to explain how this process works in terms of tonicity.

 

 

 

6.    If you wanted water to flow out of a tubing piece filled with a 50% solution, what would the minimum concentration of the beaker solution need to be? Explain your answer using scientific evidence.

  7.    How is this experiment similar to the way a cell membrane works in the body? How is it different? Be specific with your response.


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