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Plant cells vs. animal cells
• Next, we are going to focus specifically on two types
of cells.
• Plant cells and animal cells have some important
similarities and differences.
• But first, a quick review:
– Are plants and animals prokaryotes or eukaryotes?
– What does this mean about these organisms?
– What does this mean about their cells?
• Please write your answers to these questions in
your notebook.
Contrasting Cases
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Plant cells vs. animal cells (cont’d)
• On the next slide, you will see two 3-dimensional drawings of
cells. The one of the left is an artist’s interpretation of a plant
cell. The one on the left is of an animal cell.
• These drawings represent cells that have had a portion cut
away so the internal organelles can be visible.
• Please keep in mind that the colors used may not be the
cell’s actual colors, and that lines drawn to label parts are not
part of the actual cell being represented. These drawings are
also drawn many times larger than a cell’s actual size.
• Please use the Venn diagram to write down the unique
features of each of the cells, and also the ones they have in
common.
Contrasting Cases
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Plant and Animal cells
Contrasting Cases
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Plant cells vs. Animal cells
Cell wall
Chloroplasts
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Vacuole
Cytoskeleton
Lysosomes
Endoplasmic reticulum
Golgi complex
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Ribosomes
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Contrasting Cases
Conclusions
• Now take a look at the web you created at the beginning of
this lesson.
– Please correct any incorrect ideas that you may have written down.
– Please add new knowledge to your web.
• Why do plant and animal cells share some similar parts?
• Why do plant and animal cells have different parts?
• What similarities and differences are there between
prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells?
• In conclusion, what is the one thing that is common
to all living things?
Contrasting Cases
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