Plant and Animal Cells
Structures and Functions
What are Cells?
Plant Cells are rectangular in shape and so is the nucleus.
Animal Cells are round just like there nucleus.
Plant and Animal Cells have a nucleolus.
Good vocabulary words for you to store in your brain bank!
Cell Membrane - It's the outer layer that surrounds a cell, letting substances in or keeping them out.
Cell Wall - a thin membrane around the cytoplasm of a cell which controls passage of substances in and out of the cell
Nucleus - a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
Chloroplasts - plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
Mitochondria - is a membrane-enclosed cellular organelle.
Vacuoles - a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
7th Grade Science - Mr. Furlough, Carolina International School (CIS)
Cell Wall
Plant Cell
Nucleus
In both Plant and Animal Cell (picture Animal Cell)
Vacuole
Visual of a plant with a full Vacuole
Vacuole
Visual of a plant with an empty Vacuole
Mitochondria
In both Plant and Animal Cells
Chloroplasts
In Plant Cells ONLY