Plant and Animal Cells

What are cells?

• Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things.

• Cells are nonliving organisms.

• Cells are components found in the ground.

• Cells are materials in the air.

What are the names of the two types of cells?

• Plant Cells and Animal Cells

• Prokaryotic Cells and Eukaryotic Cells

• Blood Cells and Muscle Cells

• Human Cells and Animal Cells

What are organelles?

Match each of the following organelles with the correct function.

• Contains DNA which controls the functions of the cell and production of proteins.

• mitochondria

• Stores food, water, wastes, and other materials.

• cell wall

• Produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its functions.

• cell membrane

• ridged outer layer of a plant cell.

• nucleus

• controls what comes into and out of a cell.

• vacuoles

What is the gel-like fluid where the organelles are found?

• cytoplasm

• lysosomes

• chloroplasts

• ribosomes

Match the following organelles with the correct function.

• captures energy from the sunlight and uses it to produce food in a plant cell.

• cytoplasm

• gel-like fluid where the organelles are found.

• lysosomes

• stores food, water, wastes, and other materials.

• chloroplasts

• assembles amino acids to create proteins.

• vacuoles

• uses chemicals to break down food and worn out cell parts.

• ribosomes

What structure is found in the nucleus?

• nucleolus

• vacuole

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

Match the following animal cell organelles with the correct function.

• A jelly-like material which contains all the cell organelles, enclosed within the cell membrane.

• cell membrane

• contains DNA and other genetic materials.

• cytoplasm

• to protect the cell from its surrounding and controls the entry and exit of substances.

• nucleus

• are the powerhouse of a cell as they play an important role in releasing energy.

• vacuoles

• involved in maintaining shape and storing water, food, wastes, and other materials.

• mitochondria

Who first discovered cells?

• Albert Einstein

• Robert Hooke

• Charles Darwin

• Ms. LaPointe

Who discovered the principles of vaccinations?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Louis Pasteur

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke