Plant vs. Animal Cells

Label the plant cell's organelles. Unlike animal cells, plant cells have a thick cell wall, chloroplasts to make food from sunlight energy, and a large central vacuole.

g

a

b

c

d

e

f

h

i

j

vacuole

golgi apparatus

ribosomes

nucleus

chloroplast

cell wall

cell membrane

cytoplasm

mitochondrion

lysosome

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Label the animal cell's organelles. Unlike the plant cell, it does NOT have a cell wall (only a cell membrane), small vacuoles, and no chloroplasts.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

ribosomes

vacuole

cell membrane

golgi apparatus

lysosome

mitochondrion

cytoplasm

nucleus

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Which of the following do plant cells have that animal cells do NOT have?

• cytoplasm

• cell walls

• chloroplasts

• large central vacuole

• mitochondria

What type of cells are in this image?

• plant cells

• animal cells

• prokaryotes

• protists

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What type of cells are in this image?

• plant cells

• animal cells

• prokaryotes

• protists

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What type of cells are in this image?

• plant cells

• animal cells

• prokaryotes

• protists

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​ (a)   are small, simple cells with NO nucleus or membrane bound organelles. They include ​ (b)   and archaea. ​ (c)   are large, advanced cells that DO have a nucleus and membrane bound organelles. They include plants, ​ (d)   , fungi, and ​protists . ALL cells (prokaryotes and eukaryotes) have a cell membrane, cytoplasm, ​ (e)   , and ribosomes.

• Prokaryotes
• bacteria
• Eukaryotes
• animals
• protists
• DNA
• nucleus
• chloroplasts

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Plant and Animal cells are both ​ (a)   , because they both have a nucleus. But they have a couple of differences. Plant cells have ​ (b)   which create food for the cells using sunlight energy in a process called photosynthesis. Animal cells do not have those organelles. Plant cells also have a ​ (c)   in addition to a cell membrane to protect the cell. Animal cells only have a ​ (d)   , which protects them but also gives them more flexibility to move. Lastly, plant cells have a large central ​ (e)   that stores water for the cell. Animal cells have smaller vacuoles because they can move and find water on their own.

• eukaryotes
• prokaryotes
• chloroplasts
• ribosomes
• cell wall
• vacuole
• cell membrane
• lysosome

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