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This document provides diagrams and calculations for magnified images of animal and plant cells. For the animal cell diagram at 4000x magnification: the length of structure G is 3 μm, the nucleolus diameter is 2 μm, the nucleus diameter is 9 μm, and the cell diameter is 27-25 μm. For the plant cell diagram at 625x magnification: the cell wall thickness is 4.8 μm, the cell length is 192 μm, structure C length is 46.4 μm, and the vacuole length is 128 μm. The document also shows how to calculate magnification factors and sizes of structures using the scale bars provided in the diagrams.

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Magnification Questions

This document provides diagrams and calculations for magnified images of animal and plant cells. For the animal cell diagram at 4000x magnification: the length of structure G is 3 μm, the nucleolus diameter is 2 μm, the nucleus diameter is 9 μm, and the cell diameter is 27-25 μm. For the plant cell diagram at 625x magnification: the cell wall thickness is 4.8 μm, the cell length is 192 μm, structure C length is 46.4 μm, and the vacuole length is 128 μm. The document also shows how to calculate magnification factors and sizes of structures using the scale bars provided in the diagrams.

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Cell Magnification Lab

Fig. 1.2.1 below shows an animal cell

_________
5m

Fig. 1.2.1 Diagram showing the general structure Of an animal cell as seen under the electron
microscope

1 Calculate the magnification factor

2 Calculate the length of structure G

3 Calculate the diameter of the nucleolus

4 Calculate the diameter of the nucleus

5 Calculate the diameter of the cell at its widest point

1
The diagram below shows a plant cell

___________
40m

Fig. 1.2.2 Diagram showing the generalised structure of a plant cell as seen with an electron
microscope

1 Calculate the magnification factor.

2 Calculate the thickness of the cellulose cell wall.

3 Calculate the length of the cell.

4 Calculate the length of structure C.

5 Calculate the length of the vacuole.


Answers
1) Calculate the magnification factor
The line 5 m is 20 mm long. So 20 000 m = 5 m
Magnification is 20 000/5 = x 4 000.

2) Calculate the length of structure G


Length of G is 12 mm = 12 000 m
Magnification is x 4 000
Real size is 12 000/4000 = 3 m

3) Calculate the diameter of the nucleolus


Diameter is 8 mm = 8 000 m
Magnification is x 4 000
Real size is 8 000/ 4 000 = 2m

4) Calculate the diameter of the nucleus


Diameter is 36 mm = 36 000 m
Magnification is x 4 000
so real size is 36 000/4 000 = 9 m

5) Calculate the diameter of the cell at its widest point


109 mm = 109 000 m = 109 000/4 000 = 27–25 m
For all the answers above there is a tolerance limit of + or – 0.5mm, so + or – 0.1 – 0.2 m
There are other perfectly correct ways of doing the calculation, so if your method is
different, but arrives at the correct answer, then that is fine.

3
Plant cell
1 Calculate the magnification factor.
The line representing 40 m is 25 mm or 25 000 m long
Therefore, magnification factor is 25 000/40 = x 625.

2 Calculate the thickness of the cellulose cell wall.


Wall is 3.0 mm = 3 000 m
Magnification is x 625
Actual thickness of wall is 3 000/625 = 4.8 m

3 Calculate the length of the cell.


120 mm = 120 000 m magnification factor is x 625
Actual length is 120 000/625 = 192 m

4 Calculate the length of structure C.


29 mm = 29 000 m magnification is x 625
Actual length is 29 000/625 = 46.4 m

5 Calculate the length of the vacuole.


80 mm = 80 000 m magnification is x 625
Actual length is 80 000/625 = 128 m.

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