Parts of Cells
Week 19-Life Science
Acquired vs. Heritable Traits
How Big is a Cell? Card Sort
Cell Requirements Activity
All cells have 5 things in common, no matter what type they are.
These traits allow cells to function and do the different things that they are required to do.
| Bacteria | Animal | Plant |
A Container | | | |
A Set of Instructions | | | |
A Way to Read Instructions | | | |
A Way to Get and Use Energy | | | |
A Way to Get Rid of Waste | | | |
Copy this table on the next blank page in your notebook…
Take turns working with your table groups and this website to fill out the table.
ALL students must fill out the entire table.
Mystery Cell Activity
Important Note:
The cell parts are numbered differently on each cell model.
Make sure to fill in the right information for your specific model!
C
B
D
A
E
Color Code
Stores and Reads Instructions
• Nucleus stores genetic material (DNA) and makes copies (messages)
• Ribosomes read copies to make proteins
• ER, vesicles & Golgi help with building proteins and moving them where they need to go
Gets and Uses Energy
• Mitochondria break down food to get energy
• Proteins in the cell membrane take in food molecules to the cell (Only the intestinal cell shows this)
• Some plant cells have chloroplasts, which use energy from sunlight to build sugars (leaf cell)
• Lysosomes recycle material inside the cell (airway cells, intestine cells & neuron) You can also think of this as waste removal.
Keeps itself within a container
• Cell membrane wraps around the outside of the cell
• Cell wall surrounds the cell membrane in plant cells
• Cytoskeleton provides support to the cell itself
Protein production
One of the most important things a cell does is make proteins.
The models show this process beginning in the ER, closest to the nucleus.
Here, ribosomes begin building proteins out of amino blocks building blocks, loosely represented in pale purple.
As they move through the Golgi and mature into functional proteins, their color shifts to green.
Cells are packed! “A busy place”