Cells and Amoeba

Ester Natalie S.
Porras
1.2 BS Psychology
Task 1.1
Red Blood Cells White Blood Cells

Size Smaller than White Blood Cells Larger than Red Blood Cells
Shape Round Round
Nucleus RBC has no nucleus WBS has nucleus
Organelles Does not have most organelles. Has Golgi Apparatus, Mitochondria,
Nucleus, Centrioles, Rough and
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum, and
Peroxisomes.
Function Transports oxygen throughout the body. Reacts to signal that a part of body is
damaged thus, helps in the healing
process.
1. What is the function of red blood cell? White blood cells?

Red blood cells or RBC carry oxygen to the tissues in different parts of the body. They also carry waste materials
and carbon dioxide to the lungs. White blood cells or WBC strengthen the defense mechanism of the body by
generating antibodies. White Blood cells also helps in the healing process of our body. The primary difference
between RBC and WBC lies in their functionality. While RBC act as carriers, WBC act as creators.
2. How are blood cells differentiated?

There are three main types of blood cells in humans. The red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells
(leukocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes). The most common type of blood cells are the red blood cells. They
account for 490 to 45% of the total blood cells. These blood cells can be differentiated based on their size, shape,
nucleus, organelles and functions in the body.
3. How are red blood cells different from white blood cells? Explain
They differ in size because RBC is smaller than WBC. They also differ in nucleus because RBC doesn’t have
nucleus while WBC has nucleus. WBC has most organelles than RBC. They also differ in function because RBC
is responsible of carrying oxygen to the tissues in different parts of the body and waste materials to the lungs
while WBC’s function is to strengthen the defense mechanism of the body by generating antibodies.
Human Red Blood Cells Frog Red Blood Cells
Size Smaller than frog’s red blood cells Larger than human Red Blood Cells
Shape Round/ Spherical Elliptical in shape
Nucleus RBC has no nucleus has nucleus
Organelles Does not have most organelles. Has organelles
Function Transports oxygen throughout the body. Transports oxygen throughout the
body.
Ester Natalie S. Porras
1.2 BS Psychology
Task 1.2
1. What is the major difference between the red blood cells of humans as compared to frogs?
Human RBC lacks nucleus while frog RBC has nucleus. these means Human red blood cells can carry more
oxygen due to the lack of nucleus and Frog blood cells can carry fewer amounts of oxygen than humans due to the
presence of nuclei. Another difference is the red blood cells of humans are rounded in shape, that of the frogs are
elliptical. Frog red blood cells are larger than the human red blood cells.
2. What is the big black circle present at the center of the red blood cell of the frog? Is it also present in
human RBC?
The big black circle at the center of the frog’s RBC is the nucleus which human RBC doesn’t have. Unlike
humans, frog’s red blood cells consist of a single nucleus per cell. Their RBC also contains organelles which
humans doesn’t have.
Ester Natalie S. Porras
1.2 BS Psychology
Task 1.3
A. Label the parts of Amoeba
B. What do you think will happen if amoeba meets an obstruction?

When obstructed I think there are ways an amoeba can get through, amoeba can split into two or fission which
means The "parent" cell divides into two smaller copies of itself. The nucleus also divides into two which could
make the amoeba avoid the obstruction and make a way for itself. Another way is an amoeba can easily change
itself because here can be multiple pseudopodia at one particular instance therefore it can squeeze or fit itself in
any obstruction of barrier.
C. This type of locomotion is termed as amoeboid movement. What cell on your body perform such
movement?
There are cells in the human body that can perform amoeboid movement. First is the Kupffer cells of the liver.
Next, monocytes which is a type of white blood cell and a type of phagocyte. Next, Neutrophils which is also a
type of white blood cell. They make up the biggest number of all kinds of white blood cells. Next, macrophages
which are specialized cells involved in the detection, phagocytosis and destruction of bacteria and other harmful
organisms. Lastly, cancer cells.
D. Label the part of paramecium.
E. Identify the numerous projection

Covering the pellicle are many tiny hairs, called cilia (singular cilium). Cilia are projections distributed
throughout the cell. One P. caudatum cell can have 5000–6000 cilia. Cilia are very tiny structures – approximately
0.25 μm in diameter and up to 20 μm in length. We can only see the overall motion of cilia on the cells but hard to
see them clearly under a regular light microscope. There are two types of cilia present on the cells of paramecia:
oral cilia and body cilia. Oral cilia are present on the surface of the oral groove. They help collect food materials.
Body cilia are on the body surface and facilitate its locomotion. They act like microscopic oars to move the
organism in one direction. Body cilia are arranged in longitudinal rows (along the head-to-tail axis) with a fairly
uniform length throughout the cell. There are also a few longer cilia present at the posterior end of the cell (quite
obvious in P. caudatum). These form caudal tuft of cilia (hence the name caudatum).
F. This organism exhibits ciliary movement. What cell of your body perform such movement?
In humans, for example, motile cilia are found on the respiratory epithelium lining the respiratory tract where they
function in the mucociliary clearance of sweeping mucus and dirt out of the lungs.[24] Each cell in the respiratory
epithelium has around 200 motile cilia. Only a few cell types have motile cilia, namely sperm, epithelia cells in
the bronchi and oviducts, and ependymal cells that line brain vesicles.

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Ester Natalie S.

Red Blood Cells White Blood Cells

Shape Round Round

Nucleus RBC has no nucleus WBS has nucleus

1. What is the function of red blood cell? White blood cells?

2. How are blood cells differentiated?

Shape Round/ Spherical Elliptical in shape

Nucleus RBC has no nucleus has nucleus

Organelles Does not have most organelles. Has organelles

Ester Natalie S. Porras

B. What do you think will happen if amoeba meets an obstruction?

D. Label the part of paramecium.

E. Identify the numerous projection

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