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Student Guide to Animal and Plant Cells
Directions: You will turn this assignment in. Copy down the name of
each cell part and what it does in your on a clean sheet of paper. As you
copy down the information about each part, add that part to your model(s).
Parts of a eukaryotic cell:
1. Cell wall: provides strength and support to the cell membrane. Found in plant
cells only.
2. Cell membrane: covers and protects the cell’s surface.
3. Cytoskeleton: the cell’s skeleton. A web of proteins that helps shape cells and
helps cells move. Microtubules are part of the cytoskeleton that look like tubes.
Microfilaments are part of the cytoskeleton that look like thin strings.
4. Nucleus: holds DNA. DNA is made up of chromosomes. The nucleolus is a dark
spot in the center of the nucleus where ribosomes are made.
5. Ribosome: makes proteins. There are many ribosomes in each cell.
6. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER): produces, processes and transports proteins and
lipids. The rough ER has ribosomes on its surface. The smooth ER does not.
7. Mitochondria: breaks down food to make power for a cell. There are many
mitochondria in each cell.
8. Chloroplast: catch sunlight and use it to make food. There are different types of
plastids in cells. There are many chloroplasts found in each cell. Found in plant
cells only.
9. Golgi complex: packages and transports proteins and lipids that come from the
ER.
10. Lysosome: digests anything that is not needed or is not supposed to be in a cell.
Found more in animal cells than in plant cells. There are many lysosomes in each
cell.
11. Vacuole: large storage space in a cell. Bigger in plant cells than in animal cells.
12. Centrioles: used when cells copy themselves. (Your plant cell model does not
have centrioles, but plant cells do have centrioles.)
Once you have finished both models, raise your hand and show Mrs.
Hobbs. Once you have shown Mrs. Hobbs, draw both cells in your notes,
and label each part.
Create a Venn diagram in your notes. Use the diagram to answer the
question: what cell parts are found in both plant and animal cells; what
parts are found in only plant cells or only animal cells?