What Is An Elodea Cell

Cell Construction

A Comparing of Cells Commonly Seen in Lab

Bacteria : prokaryotic. Very small. No nucleus, no chloroplasts, no mitochondria. Practice accept a cell wall.

Plant cells: eukaryotic. Relatively large. Have a nucleus, have mitochondria, sometimes have chloroplasts. Have a large central vacuole and a cell wall.

Animal cells : eukaryotic. Relatively large. Take a nucleus and mitochondria. Never take chloroplasts. Lack a cell wall, and take no cardinal vacuole.
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This Elodea leaf cell exemplifies a typical plant cell. It has a nucleus, and a stiff jail cell wall which gives the cell its box-like shape. The numerous green chloroplasts let the cell to make its own food (past photosynthesis).
The fundamental vacuole takes upwardly most of the volume of the cell. Information technology is transparent, merely you lot tin can see where information technology's pressing the chloroplasts up confronting the jail cell wall, especially at the ends of the cell.
Like animal cells, the cytoplasm of this plant jail cell is bordered by a cell membrane. The membrane is so sparse and transparent that y'all can't run across it, only it is pressed confronting the inside of the cell wall.
This cell was alive and at 1000x magnification when it was photographed.

This human cheek cell is a good case of a typical animal prison cell. Information technology has a prominent nucleus and a flexible jail cell membrane which gives the cell its irregular, soft-looking shape.
Like nearly eukaryotic cells, this cell is very large compared to prokaryotic cells. For scale, notice the pair of dark bluish bacteria cells sticking to the correct edge of the cheek cell. The bacteria are only a fraction of the size of the nucleus, only their tiny size is typical for bacteria.
This cell was stained blue and was magnified to 1000x its normal size when it was photographed.