Photomicrograph Power-up Exercise

Class: Name: ( ) Marks: /10

Cells in sucrose solution

Coverage:
Ch 2 The cell as the basic unit of life
Ch 3 Movement of substances across cell membrane
Ch 20 Photosynthesis ()

Photomicrographs I and II show the appearance of Hydrilla leaf cells under light microscope
before and after adding a sucrose solution.

Photomicrograph I (before adding the sucrose solution)

X: _____________
Y: _____________

(×400)

Photomicrograph II (after adding the sucrose solution)

(×400)

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Level 1

a Label X and Y in photomicrograph I. (2 marks)

 Subcellular structures Ch 2 p. 21

b The detail structures in X cannot be distinguished under light microscope. Give one
equipment that can be used to observe these structures. (1 mark)

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 Microscopes Ch 2 p. 12

c Starch is produced and stored in X. Describe briefly how it is produced. (2 marks)

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 Process of photosynthesis Ch 20 p. 20

Level 2

d Based on the photomicrographs, what can you say about the water potential of the sucrose
solution compared to the Hydrilla leaf cells? Explain with one observable change in the
appearance of the cells. (3 marks)

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 Osmosis and cells Ch 3 p. 19

e Explain the change stated in d in terms of the net movement of water. (2 marks)

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 Osmosis and cells Ch 3 p. 19

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 Answers
a X: Chloroplast 1m
Y: Cell wall 1m
b Electron microscope 1m
c Carbon dioxide and water are converted to glucose using the light energy captured by chlorophyll during
photosynthesis. 1m
Glucose is then built into starch. 1m
d The sucrose solution is hypertonic / has a lower water potential than the leaf cells. 1m
After adding the sucrose solution, chloroplasts condensed to the centre of the cells, 1m
indicating that the leaf cells are plasmolysed / the cell membrane / cytoplasm of the leaf cells has detached
from the cell wall. 1m
e As the water potential of the sucrose solution is lower than the water potential of the leaf cells, there is a net
movement of water from the cells into the sucrose solution by osmosis. 1m
The cells lose water, causing the change. 1m
(Total: 10 m)

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