Unit 1 Homework Sheet 1

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1. The diagrams below show some human cheek cells as they appeared under the microscope, at two different magnifications.

Describe the effect that increasing the magnification had on:

a) the apparent size of the cells

b) the area of the slide seen.

c) why do we use stains when looking at cells under the microscope?

2. The diagram opposite shows some human cheek cells as they appear when viewed through a microscope.

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The diameter of the field of view of the microscope is 120 micrometres.

Calculate the average width of a human cheek cell.

3. Name the features found in both plant and animal cells.

4. What additional features are found only in plant cells ?

5. The diagrams below show sections of three different cell types. They are not drawn to the same scale.

(a) In your jotter, draw a table to show the names and functions of structures labelled X, Y and Z.

(b) Cells A and B are plant cells and cell C is an animal cell. Describe two features, shown in the diagrams, that support this statement.

6. Use the information in the table below to answer the following questions about simple aquatic organisms.

Each organism consists of a single cell

a) Which organism has the smallest cells?

b) Which organism does not contain food vacuoles?

c) Which organism moves using cilia?

d) Euglena carries out photosynthesis. Describe one way in which Euglena differs from typical green plant cells

e) How many times longer is Amoeba compared to Paramecium?

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