Download Cells Alive! www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm For this project you

Cells Alive!
www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm
For this project you will be looking at the differences between cells and examining the functions
of the cells’ organelles. PRINT this document out so you can record your answers as you move
through the website. Read everything carefully.
Questions
1. Cells are divided into two groups - prokaryotic and eukaryotic.
a. Which type of cell is more complex? ___________________
b. Which type of cell have no recognizable organelles? ________________
c. Which type of cell are plant and animal cells? _________________
Click on Take me to the ANIMATION
Click on Animal Cell.
Roll your pointer over the different organelles of the Animal Cell. Notice what each organelle
looks like and where it is located in the cell.
2. Click on Nucleus. The nucleus is the most obvious organelle in a eukaryotic cell.
a. What is found inside the nucleus? _____________
b. DNA is similar in every cell of the body, what makes the specific cell types
different?_____________________________________________
c. DNA condenses into _________________ during cell division.
3. Click on Nucleolus.
a. Where is the nucleolus found? ________________
b. What does the nucleolus produce? _______________
4. Click on Cytosol.
a. What is the difference between cytosol and cytoplasm?
________________________________________________________________
5. Click on Golgi.
a. Why are the Golgi apparatus important for the cell? _______________________
6. Click on Lysosomes.
a. Read through the info on lysosomes. What do the enzymes inside the lysosomes do?
_____________________________________________________________
7. Click on Cell Membrane.
a. The cell membrane is made of a double layer of ___________________.
b. What does the cell membrane act as a protective barrier to?
________________________________________________________
8. Click on Mitochondria.
a. The mitochondria are very important to the cells. Why? What do they provide for the cell?
______________________________________________
b. What are the cristae? ________________________________
9. Click on Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum.
a. What is the short name for the endoplasmic reticulum? ______________
b. Name two functions for the Smooth endoplasmic reticulum.
________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
10.
Click on Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.
a. What are attached to this ER that make it rough? __________________________
11.
Click on Ribosomes.
a. Ribosomes are the site of what process? ___________________________
Click on Plant Cell.
Roll your pointer over the organelles of the plant cell.
11. Click on Vacuole.
a. Do animal cells have vacuoles? ____________
b. What 3 roles do vacuoles play in a plant cell?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
c. What happens to a plant cell without sufficient water in the vacuole?
___________________________________________________________
12. Click on Cell Wall.
a. What type of polysaccharide are plant cell walls made of? __________________
b. What does the cell wall provide for the plant cell?
________________________________________________________________
13. Click on Chloroplast.
a. In what type of cells are chloroplast found? ________________________
b. What part of the chloroplast plants their green color? _____________________
14. What two organelles are found ONLY in plant cells?
____________________________________________________________