The cell wall
Integrated Science · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes
The cellulose layer that gives a plant cell its shape, and why it lets everything through.
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- 7 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
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- The cell as the unit of life
- Parts of the light microscope
- Using and caring for a microscope
- Preparing a temporary slide
- Observing onion cells
- Drawing what you see
- The plant cell
- The cell wall
- The cell membrane
- The cytoplasm
- The nucleus
- The vacuole
- The chloroplast
- Observing animal cells
- The animal cell
- Comparing plant and animal cells
- What magnification means
- Calculating magnification
- Working out real size
- Why cells matter