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Virtual Animal Cell Tour Name_________________________ Date______________ While on your tour of the animal cell, you should respond to the following questions and complete the tasks described to help you remember your tour. 1. Describe the major difference between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What type of organisms have prokaryotic cells? What type have eukaryotic cells? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. After clicking on the prokaryotic cell and watching the video, describe what is meant by the following statement. “The DNA in naked in the prokaryotic cell.” ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Click on the video under the heading “Let’s get started.” What organelle do plant cells have that allow them to make their own food? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Who discovered cells, and why did he name them cells? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What’s the difference between cilia and flagella? 1 ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Watch the remainder of the video to get a preview of what you will be learning throughout the remainder of this site. Each of the headings below corresponds to a page within the cell tour. For each page, read the info, watch the video and answer the questions below. Nucleus 7. Describe the appearance of the nucleus. How does the image in the diagram compare to the microscopic view? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is the function of the nucleus? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. What are ribosomes, and where are they formed? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Mitochondria 2 10. Describe the appearance of the mitochondria. How does the image in the diagram compare to the microscopic view? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is the function of the mitochondria? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Describe the process of cellular respiration. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Lysosome 13. Describe the appearance of the lysosome. How does the image in the diagram compare to the microscopic view? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. What is the function of a lysosome? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. In the lysosome video, what two things are digested by the lysosome? 3 ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Endoplasmic Reticulum 16. Describe the appearance of the ER. How does the image in the diagram compare to the microscopic view? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 17. What is the function of the ER? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 18. What are the parts of the endomembrane system? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Cytoplasm 19. What is the function of the cytoplasm? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 20. How are microtubules important for cells? 4 ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Cell Membrane 21. Describe the appearance of the cell membrane. How does the image in the diagram compare to the microscopic view? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 22. What is the function of the cell membrane? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 23. What is meant by equilibrium? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Golgi Apparatus 24. Describe the appearance of the golgi. How does the image in the diagram compare to the microscopic view? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 25. What is the function of the golgi? 5 ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 26. What are the two sides of the golgi called, and which side is closest to the nucleus? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Cell Diagram Label the parts of the cell below. You may need to go back and revisit all of the pages to properly identify each organelle. Cell Analogy 6 Now go back to all of the organelle pages and find the cell analogy link on the lower left side of each page. Click on the cell analogy square to navigate to a new page which has an analogy for the structure on that page. Complete the following. 27. How is the nucleus similar to the analogy in the page that you opened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 28. How is the mitochondria similar to the analogy in the page that you opened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 29. How is the lysosome similar to the analogy in the page that you opened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 30. How is the ER similar to the analogy in the page that you opened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 31. How is the cytoplasm similar to the analogy in the page that you opened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 32. How is the cell membrane similar to the analogy in the page that you opened? 7 ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 33. How is the golgi apparatus similar to the analogy in the page that you opened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8