BIOL 1406: LAB EXERCISE 4

Objectives

Cell Structure and Diversity

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:

• Calibrate a reticle and use it to measure the size of specimens viewed with the brightfield microscope.

• Identify the basic structural features of a prokaryotic cell when viewed with the brightfield microscope.

• Identify the basic structural features of a eukaryotic cell when viewed with the brightfield microscope.

• Distinguish between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells when viewed with the brightfield microscope.

• Distinguish between protists, plant cells, and animal cells when viewed with the brightfield microscope.

• Distinguish between unicellular, colonial, and multicellular organisms when viewed with the brightfield microscope