The Cell
Exercise A: Eukaryotic Organelles
In the cell diagram below:
1. Label the following events of protein synthesis and recycling:
1) Transcription
2) mRNA leaves through nuclear pore
3) Translation at ribosome in rough ER
4) Transport vesicle shuttles unmodified protein
5) Protein is modified in Golgi Apparatus
6) Lysosome digests worn out protein.
2. At the mitochondrion.
a. Draw an arrow to the mitochondrion with "glucose" attached
b. Draw an arrow out of the mitochondrion with "38 ATP" attached
3. Label the vacuole.
4. Label the smooth ER.
Lab: Investigating Plant Cells
In this exercise, you will identify several visible characteristics of plant cells. Individual plant cells differ in three main ways from animal cells. (1) Plant cells have photosynthetic organelles, chloroplasts, that appear green under a compound microscope. (2) While animal cells have vacuoles, a plant cell's vacuoles are very large in comparison. The main function of plant vacuoles is to store water between precipitation events. (3) Plant cells have thick primary cell walls made of the polysaccharide, cellulose. Plant cells involved in structural support also have a secondary cell wall made of a very dense polysaccharide