Examining Cell Structures

1. I think the high-power objective lens gives me the best view of my specimen because I am able to see small details such as spindle fibres and cytoplasm. On the medium and low powered lenses, I could only make out the nucleus and cell wall. 2. And 3. Questions and Answers for Anaphase: Allium Root Tip

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Are the spindle fibres retracting or They are retracting because they are pulling chromatids to each side to be able to go stretching? into Telophase Spindle fibres are retracting with What is happening? chromatids so that the cell can divide into two daughter nuclei The proteins holding the two chromatids What happens at the centromere? together at the centromere break apart The chromatids are being pulled by the What happens to the chromatids? spindle fibre to opposite ends of the cell so they can become chromosomes. 5. I could improve my view of the contents of a cell by viewing cells with a highpowered electron microscope (either TEM or SEM). Electron microscopes produce realistic three-dimensional images. With these, microscopes, you are able to view organisms hundreds of thousands of times. The only down side is that you can only see the organism by taking a photograph of it or viewing it on a computer monitor. It is also helpful to have clean lenses and slides. You can also view cells better under microscopes by dyeing them and viewing them with a fluorescence microscope.