Question

You are given two slides, one with a spread of cheek cells and the other with onion peel. Which of the following structures would you see in both the slides?

• A. Cell wall
• B. Cell membrane
• C. Vacuoles
• D. Chloroplasts

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

Vacuoles

A cheek cell is an animal cell and an onion peel consists of plant cells. Organelles like nucleus, mitochondria and vacuoles are common to both plant and animal cells. The cell membrane is also found in both these cells, but the cell wall is found only in plant cells. The chloroplast is also an organelle that is present only in plant cells. So, cheek cells will not have them.