2. You would that the specimen is a
eukaryotic cell if it has the following
features:
• Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus.
• Eukaryotic cells are ten times greater in
size than prokaryotic cells.
• Eukaryotic cells possess a plasma
membrane (a phospholipid bilayer that
encloses the cell).
• Both cystol and ribosomes make up the
cytoplasm in eukaryotic cells.
• They have an internal cytoskeleton.
• Eukaryotic cells have membrane-bound
organelles.
3. The compound light microscope used in the
lab is not powerful enough to view other
organelles in the cheek cell.
• Name three organelles
that you DID see.
1. Cell wall
2. Nucleus
3. Cytoplasm
5. Describe the function of the three
organelles that you saw
• Cell wall – it encloses and supports
the cells of plants
• Nucleus – the central part of the
cell. Controls what happens inside
the cell. Carries genetic
information.
• Cytoplasm – supports organelles
contained within
6. What other types of cells might have been
observed on your cheek cell slide? Explain your
answer.
I’m not sure but maybe, we
might have seen the golgi
apparatus, mitochondria, and
chloroplast of a plant cell if we
know how to use the
microscope’s objective lenses
efficiently.
