Question

1. What do you think the cell structure that Robert Hooke observed under his

microscope was? What part of the plant cell was this?

2. List the organelles not present in prokaryotic cells.

3. We know that in eukaryotic cells, metabolic activity and synthesis happened

in membrane bound organelles. Does this mean prokaryotic cells do not

have metabolic activity? Explain your answer and state where you think this

process might occur in a prokaryotic cell.

4. There were no chloroplast in the onion cell preparation, yet onions are

plants. Explain why.

5. List three similarities and three differences between plant and animal cells

that you observed today.