L6 - What is a Cell Check-In

What are cells named after?

• The small rooms in monasteries' called "cellula"

• The small rooms inside of the pyramids

• The way houses were organized in a village

• The small garden plot squares inside of cities

Cells are ​ (a)   ! We can't see them with just our ​ (b)   . You need a tool like a ​ (c)   .

• tiny
• eyes
• microscope
• huge
• hands
• telescope
• senses

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What characteristic did animal AND plant cells have but Bacteria did not?

• Round Shape

• Rectangle Shape

• Large Center Dot

• Very Small Size

• Irregular or having many shapes

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What are the 3 parts of the modern cell theory?

Make sure to click on all 3!

• All cells contain a nucleus
• All living things are made of one or more cells

• The cell is the smallest unit of life

• Cells can spontaneously generate
• All cells come from other pre-existing cells.

Label the different parts of the cell.

a

b

c

d

e

Skin

Membrane

Organelles

DNA

Water

Nucleus

Cytoplasm

Organ

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Match the cell part with its description.

• Organelles

• A house for the genetic material (DNA)

• Cytoplasm

• Small structures with specific jobs to keep the cell alive

• Nucleus

• An instruction manual that controls the activity of a cell

• Membrane

• The goo or fluid filling the cell

• Genetic Material (DNA)

• A protective covering

  (kind of like skin)

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Where does a new baby cell get it's genetic information from?

Reminder: Genetic information is the instructions on how to BE / MAKE a living thing.

• From the environment
• From a random mutation
• From a different species
• From its parent

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What are the 2 major families of cells on planet earth?

Make sure to click on both!

• Prokaryotic Cells

• Germ cells

• Stem Cells

• Automatic Cells

• Eukaryotic cells

Sort which families of life are Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic.

Groups:

(a) Prokaryotic

,

(b) Eukaryotic

• Archaea
• Animals
• Plants
• Bacteria

• Protists

• Fungi (Mushrooms)

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Sort the characteristics of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells?

Groups:

(a) Prokaryotic

,

(b) Eukaryotic

,

(c) Things they BOTH have

• Have Membranes

• No membrane-bound organelles
• Single Celled AND Multi-celled

• Small and Simple

• Have Cytoplasm

• Membrane-bound organelles
• Have DNA

• Single-celled
• Large and Complex

• No Nucleus

• Has a Nucleus

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