Cell Structures

Plant and animal cells have a lot in common. Compare and contrast the two cells. Select the features that you find in BOTH types of cells.

• membrane, nucleus, ribosome

• membrane, chloroplasts, nucleus

• cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus

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The powerhouse of the cell: that is a term used to describe the ______________, because its main function is to produce energy for cellular activities.

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

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What is gel-like fluid that fills most of the cell?

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• vacuole

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What is the function of the organelle labeled A in the diagram?

• is the control center of the cell

• creates energy for the cell

• controls what goes in and out of the cell

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Your science teacher asks you to build a model of a cell. The model should look like a city, and buildings in the city should represent parts of a typical cell. Each building's real-life function should be like the function of the organelle it represents. For example, the vacuole of a cell, which stores water, could be a water tower in your cell city model. Explain which building should represent the nucleus.

• the factory, to manufacture materials for the cell to use.

• city hall, the control center of the cell.

• power plant, provides energy for the cell.

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Plant and animal cells differ in a variety of ways. Plants have a special structure that helps them produce their own food. Within this specialized structure, the plant is working hard to convert the energy from the sun into its own sugars. What is the name of this plant structure?

• vacuole

• nucleus

• chloroplast

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One of the differences between a plant and animal cell can be found surrounding the outside of the plant cell. It provides structure and support to the plant cell. What is this structure?

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

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The nucleus contains the cell's genetic material in the form of

• ATP

• Chlorophyll

• DNA

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Your science teacher has asked the class to make a cell city model. Which building or business in the city could represent the mitochondria, and why?

• city dump, to store the cell's waste

• roads, to transport materials through the cell

• power plant, to produce energy for the cell

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In the image of the cell, letter C is the control center of the cell. Please identify this organelle.

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• vacuole

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