red pepper cells with stored carotenoids in chromoplasts
Domain Bacteria
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
onion cells
lack chloroplasts
but exhibit stored starch granules
red pepper
Kingdom Animalia
we'll be observing Elodea
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Kingdom Fungi
rhizopus = black bread mold
Kingdom Plantae
we'll also look at:
potato, onion, red pepper
first up...saccharomyces = yeast
Microscopic Organisms
Kingdom Protista
Protists we will explore include:
ciliates: paramecium
spirostonum
stentor
flagellates:
euglena
volvox
pseudopods:
amoeba
rotifer
potato cells
w/starch vesicles =
leucoplasts
we'll be observing yeast
and rhizopus
Kingdom Fungi
Domain Archae
nematode
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Protista
in addition to the structures found in animal cells, plant cells exhibit:
1. a cell wall
2. a large central water vacuole
3. chloroplasts (w/chlorophyll)