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What is inside an animal cell?
vacuoles
nucleus
cytoplasm
cell membrane
mitochondria
What is inside a plant cell?
vacuole
mitochondria
nucleus
cytoplasm
cell membrane
chloroplast
cell wall
Things you need to remember…
 The cell is the smallest unit of life!
 Cell membrane - The soft, flexible outside
covering of a cell that controls what comes in
and out of a cell.
 Cytoplasm - The gel-like fluid that fills most of
a cell. The other organelles are found in the
cytoplasm.
 Nucleus - A small structure that controls
everything the cell does.
Things you need to remember…
 Vacuole(s)  Are storage spaces in the cell.
 They can hold water and other nutrients that the
cell needs.
 They can also store wastes until the cell can get rid
of it.
Things you need to remember…
 Mitochondria – where energy is made!
 Cell wall – found only in plant cells. Provides
support for the plant.
 Chloroplasts – found only in the plant cell.
Where the plants make their own food.