ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS

CELLS – The building blocks of all living things.

Only visible with a microscope!

PLANT and ANIMAL CELL

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CELL WALL

• Rigid, tough, made of cellulose
• Protects and supports the cell
• PLANT

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CELL MEMBRANE

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Plant

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Animal Cell:

• Thin, covering, protects cells.
• Protects the cell, performs active transport and passive transport, moves materials in and out of the cell.
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

CYTOPLASM

• Jelly like substance that contains organelles
• Pads and supports organelles inside the cell.
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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NUCLEUS

• Powerhouse of the Cell –

“THE BIG KAHOONA”

• Dense, ball shaped structure, contains DNA
• Controls ALL of the cell’s activities
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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NUCLEAR MEMBRANE

• Thin covering over the nucleus
• Covers and protects the nucleus
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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NUCLEOLUS

• Small dark area in the nucleus
• Produces ribosome’s
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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CHROMATIN

• In the nucleus, made of DNA and protein, contains genes
• Provides instructions for the cells activities, (growth, reproduction)
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM – (ER)

• Clear, tubular system of tunnels throughout the cell
• Transports materials like proteins around the cell
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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• Smooth ER:

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• Rough ER: Difference: Contains Ribosomes (Dots on Rough ER)

RIBOSOMES

• Small specks made of RNA. Found in cytoplasm or on the rough endoplasmic reticulum
• Makes proteins
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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“MIGHTY MITOCHONDRIA”

• Location in the cytoplasm, bean shaped
• Supplies energy or ATP for the cell through cell respiration using glucose and oxygen
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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VACUOLE

• Large open storage area, smaller in animal cells
• Storage tank for food, water, wastes or enzymes
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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In Animal Cell:

CHLOROPLAST

• Green structures that contain chlorophyll
• Captures sunlight and uses it to produce food through Photosynthesis
• What is Photosynthesis?
• PLANT

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GOLGI BODY

• Small bags with tubes connecting them
• Packages proteins for use in and out of the cell
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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LYSOSOME

• Small, round structures, containing enzymes
• Digests older cell parts, food or other objects
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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CYTOSKELETON

• A web of proteins
• Acts as both a muscle and a skeleton
• Keeps the cell’s membrane from collapsing.
• PLANT AND ANIMAL

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KNOW YOUR CELL ORGANELLES!

Stem Cells:

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