Download Basic Animal and Plant Cell structure

Basic Animal and Plant Cell structure
A. Animal Cell Structure: Click on the following site:
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/cell/
Read the site and complete the following:
(You only need to know these basic parts)
The function of the mutochondria is ____________
The function of the golgi apparatus is ___________
The function of the nucleus is _________________
The function of the endoplasmic reticulum is _______
The function of the cell membrane is __________
B. Basic Plant Cell Structure
Click on the following site: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm Click on the “Plant Cell” button.
1. Label the parts of the plant cell shown below: mitochondrion, vacuole, chloroplast, nucleus, ribosome, cell wall,
cell membrane, golgi complex
2. Compare the plant cell and the animal cell structures above and answer the following:
Animal Cell
Plant cell
Does it have a cell wall?
Does it have a nucleus?
Chloroplast contains the green
pigment, chlorophyll, to make food.
Does this cell have chlorophyll
Does this cell have large vacuoles?
Does it have mitochondria?
C. Cells Quiz
Go to
http://www.biologycorner.com/quiz/qz_cell_parts.html
and do the cells quiz. Tell me your mark.
D. More stuff!
Go to
http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm
Click on the Virtual cell tour and move the mouse around the cell. Double click on each organelle to find
information about it. Go back to the home page and click on worksheet 2 .Fill in the answers using the Virtual Cell
tour. Print off this sheet when finished.
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