Download Cells Webquest Cell Webquest 2016

Name _______________________________ Date _____________________ Period ___________________
Cell Webquest
Objective: Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to describe the cell and
identify its parts (organelles). You should be able to distinguish between plant and animal
cells.
WEBSITE #1: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm
1. There are two types of cells. PROKARYOTIC= ______________________
2. Eukaryotic= Plants and _______________________
3. What types of cells do YOU have (PROKARYOTIC or EUKARYOTIC)?
_______________________________
4. Which type of cell is more complex (complicated)?___________________
5. Which type of cell is more simple? _____________________________
WEBSITE #2: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/bactcell.htm
6. This is a picture of __________________which is a type of PROKARYOTIC CELL! DRAW A
ROUGH SKETCH OF THE BACTERIA BELOW:
WEBSITE #3: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm
7. CLICK ON “take me to the animation”
NOW, CLICK ON “animal cell” IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING CELL PARTS IN THE
DIAGRAM BELOW: IDENTIFY THE CELL PART FUNCTION OF THE CELL PART
1. Click on CYTOSKELTON. What is the job of the CYTOSKELETON?
2. Which part of the cell surrounds the cell and allows molecules in and out. This cell
part also has holes in it and is said to be SEMI-PERMEABLE.
_______________________________
3. Which cell part contains DNA? ________________________________
4. Which cell part is the storage center for food and water!____________
5. Now go back and CLICK ON THE “PLANT CELL”. Again, IDENTIFY the cell parts in
the diagram below. NOT ON THE WEBSITE: After observing both plant and animal
cells.
6. IDENTIFY TWO DIFFERENCES between them!
7. ___________________________________________________
8. ___________________________________________________
WEBSITE #4 http://www.cellsalive.com/gallery.htm
Check out the CELL GALLERY! Very cool pictures taken with VERY POWERFUL
MICROSCOPES! Find the picture that show what your RED BLOOD CELLS look like.
Draw what they look like below.
WEBSITE #5 www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP11604
Click “Next” to begin the activity. Answer the following questions.
1. What do ribosomes do?
2. What do they look like?
3. What does the Golgi apparatus (or Golgi bodies) do?
4. What is the function of the mitochondria?
5. Which type of cell has many peroxisomes?
6. What is the function of the nucleus?
7. What is chromatin?
WEBSITE #6 Go to the interactive cell models at www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm.
8. What is the difference between smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER)?
9. Where is the nucleus found?
10. Cytosol goes by what other name?
11. What is the function of a lysosome?
12. What makes plant cells green?
13. What does a vacuole do?