ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS The building blocks of

ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS – The building blocks of all living things. Only visible with a microscope!

PLANT and ANIMAL CELL Pictures:

CELL WALL Picture: • Rigid, tough, made of cellulose • Protects and supports the cell • PLANT

CELL MEMBRANE Pictures: Plant Cell: 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 Picture: Jelly like substance that contains organelles Pads and supports organelles inside the cell. PLANT AND ANIMAL

NUCLEUS Picture: Powerhouse of the Cell – “THE BIG KAHOONA” Dense, ball shaped structure, contains DNA Controls ALL of the cell’s activities PLANT AND ANIMAL

NUCLEAR MEMBRANE Picture: Thin covering over the nucleus Covers and protects the nucleus PLANT AND ANIMAL

NUCLEOLUS Picture: Small dark area in the nucleus Produces ribosome’s PLANT AND ANIMAL

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

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM – (ER) Smooth ER: Rough ER: Difference: Contains Ribosomes (Dots on Rough ER) Clear, tubular system of tunnels throughout the cell Transports materials like proteins around the cell PLANT AND ANIMAL

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

“MIGHTY MITOCHONDRIA” Picture: Location in the cytoplasm, bean shaped Supplies energy or ATP for the cell through cell respiration using glucose and oxygen PLANT AND ANIMAL

VACUOLE Picture: In Plant Cell: In Animal Cell: Large open storage area, smaller in animal cells Storage tank for food, water, wastes or enzymes PLANT AND ANIMAL

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

GOLGI BODY Picture: Small bags with tubes connecting them Packages proteins for use in and out of the cell PLANT AND ANIMAL

LYSOSOME Picture: In Plant Cell: In Animal Cell: Small, round structures, containing enzymes Digests older cell parts, food or other objects PLANT AND ANIMAL

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

KNOW YOUR CELL ORGANELLES! Stem Cells: