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3.5: Laboratory Activities and Assignment

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    Laboratory Activities and Assignment

    Part 1: Cell Structures

    1. Draw an animal cell in the space below. Draw the components of the cell using different colors. Color the parts of an animal cell using a color scheme you developed or on other words, match the color with the cell structure. Use a different color for each of the cell components if possible. Your cell will contain the following structures each labeled on the drawing:

    • plasma membrane
    • cytoplasm
    • nucleus
    • nuclear envelope
    • nuclear pore
    • nucleolus
    • chromatin
    • rough endoplasmic reticulum
    • smooth endoplasmic reticulum
    • Golgi body
    • mitochondria
    • lysosome
    • peroxisome
    • vesicle / vacuole
    • cytoskeleton
    • centrosome
    • microvilli
    • flagellum
    • cilia
    • ribosomes

    2. Label the 3D model of a cell below with the terms listed. Some structures in this model appear as closed 3D structures (as they would be in a living cell) and others appear as sliced flat (as they would be if we were observing these structures using an electron microscope (TEM, specifically). The colors in the model are significant. Everything that is orange for example is all the same type of structure, but it just may be shown in 3D versus sliced and therefore appears very differently in different spots on the model. Also, vesicles/vacuoles, peroxisomes, and lysosomes are very difficult to tell apart visually only, so don't stress about which one is which.

    • plasma membrane
    • cytoplasm
    • nucleus
    • nuclear envelope
    • nuclear pore
    • nucleolus
    • chromatin
    • rough endoplasmic reticulum
    • smooth endoplasmic reticulum
    • Golgi body
    • mitochondrion
    • lysosome
    • peroxisome
    • vesicle / vacuole
    • centrosome
    • microvillus
    • ribosomes