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What Do Cells Do?
Get
Started
Look at your drawing of a cell from
the previous activity.
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What structures must all cells have in
order to function and grow?
What are some differences between plant
and animal cells?
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Introduction
Read the introduction.
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Membrane-bound structures inside some
cells are called organelles.
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Challenge
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What are the functions of the
structures in cells?
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Procedure
Part A: Computer Simulation
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Follow the directions on Student Sheet
4.1, “Structure and Function of Cells,” to
complete the simulation.
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Procedure
Use information from the reading about
bacterial cells to change or add to your Venn
diagram from Part A.
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Follow Up
Analysis 2
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A. Describe the structures an animal cell
must have for it to produce a protein.
B. Explain how these structures work
together to produce a protein.
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Follow Up
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What functions do all cells – plant, animal,
and bacterial cells – need to perform in
order to survive?
What structures do all cells have in
common in order to perform these
functions?
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Revisit the
Challenge
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What are the functions of the
structures in cells?
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Key
Vocabulary
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bacteria
cell membrane
cell wall
cilium, cilia
cytoplasm
cytoskeleton
endoplasmic reticulum
(ER)
eukaryotic cell
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flagellum, flagella
Golgi apparatus
lysosome
nucleus
organelle
prokaryotic cell
ribosome
vacuole
vesicle