Download Animal and Plant Cells

NOTES –2 Main Groups of
Eukaryotic Cells
All eukaryotic cells have a…
cell membrane,
cytoplasm,
and DNA in a nucleus
(and ribosomes too)
What are the 2 groups of
eukaryotic cells?
1. Animal cells – flexible cells found in animals
that have a nucleus and other parts (organelles)
Microscopic Images of Animal Cells
What are the 2 groups of
eukaryotic cells?
2. Plant cells – rigid cells found in plants that
have a nucleus and other parts (organelles)
Plant & Animal Cells are Eukaryotic
Cells
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Therefore, they have structures in
common with all eukaryotic cells.
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Nucleus
Cell membrane
DNA (in the nucleus)
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
They also have other organelles.
What is the difference between
animal cells and plant cells?
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Plant cells have 2 parts that are NEVER FOUND
in animal cells:
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cell wall – a rigid structure that surrounds
the cell membrane of a plant cell and gives
the cell shape, support, and protection
chloroplasts – plant cell parts that captures
the sun’s energy to make food for the plant
(photosynthesis)
Microscopic Images of Plant Cells
Why don’t animal cells have cell
walls or chloroplasts?
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Animals move so they need flexible cells;
cell walls make cells rigid
Animals get food by eating other living
things so they don’t need chloroplasts to
make food
Animal vs Plant
Another way to look at it…
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There are 2 main groups of eukaryotic cells,
animal and plant
Another way to look at it…
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Plant cells have a rigid cell wall and animal cells
do not (they are flexible)
Another way to look at it…
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Plant cells have chloroplasts for making food and
animal cells do not