Vocabulary
This is the smallest unit of life.
What is a CELL?
This is the part of a cell that provides power and energy to the cell. It is known as the “powerhouse” of the cell.
What is MITOCHONDRIA?
This type of cell has a cell wall.
What is an PLANT CELL?
These are the tiny structures that make up a cell.
What are ORGANELLES?
This is the fluid that fills a cell and surrounds its parts.
What is CYTOPLASM?
This type of cell has a nucleus.
What is BOTH?
This is the brain of the cell. It controls the cell.
What is the NUCLEUS?
This organelle stores and breaks down food and is like the stomach of the cell.
What is the VACUOLE?
This type of cell has a cell membrane but no cell wall.
What is an ANIMAL CELL?
This surrounds the cell and holds it together. It also allows material to enter and exit the cell.
What is the CELL MEMBRANE?
This is the outermost layer of a plant cell. Only plant cells have this.
What is a CELL WALL?
This type of tell is rectangular in shape.
WHAT IS A PLANT CELL? (An animal cell is oval in shape.)
These are only located in plant cells. They help with photosynthesis.
What are CHLOROPLASTS?
Name at least two differences between a plant and animal cell.
1. Plant cells are rectangular and an animal cell is an oval shape.
2. Plant cells have a cell wall, and animal cells do not.
3. Plant cells have chloroplasts and animal cells do not.
This type of cell has chloroplasts.
What is a PLANT CELL?