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Cell Biologist’s Name: _________________________________ Class: 8__ Date: ______________
Mrs. Bouchard – 8th Grade Science
Plant vs. Animal Cells
1. Plant cells have every organelle that an animal cell does.
There are many similarities!
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However, there are _____________________________ between plant cells and animal cells.
1. Plant cells have a rigid (hard) __________________________.
2. Plant cells have green _______________________.
3. Plant cells have _______ big ________________.
Animal Cell
Plant Cell
Plant Cell Organelle #1: Cell Wall
1. What is the cell wall? _________________________________________________________
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2. Draw an arrow to the cell wall on the picture of a plant cell below.
3. Does a plant cell have a cell membrane? ___________
4. Which organelle is on the outside of a plant cell, the cell membrane or the cell wall?
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5. What is the job of the cell wall? _________________________________________________
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6. Cell walls sound useful. Why don’t animal cells have cell walls? ________________________
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BONUS OPTIONS: Either a) make your own analogy for a cell wall (a cell wall is like … because …)
or b) write an acrostic poem for CELL WALL.
Plant Cell Organelle #2: Chloroplasts
1. What do chloroplasts do for a plant cell? __________________________________________
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2. Draw two arrows to the two chloroplasts on the picture of a plant cell below.
3. Animals have to eat to survive. Why is that proof that animals do not have chloroplasts?
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4. Chloroplasts are responsible for a characteristic of all plants, one you can see whenever you
look outside in the spring and summer. What is that characteristic?
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5. Do only animal cells have mitochondria, only plant cells, or both? ______________________
6. How do mitochondria act differently in plant cells and animal cells? ____________________
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BONUS OPTIONS: Either a) make your own analogy for a chloroplast (a chloroplast is like …
because …) or b) write an acrostic poem for CHLOROPLAST.