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:
 Large open storage area,
In Plant Cell:
smaller in animal cells
 Storage tank for food,
water, wastes or enzymes
 PLANT AND ANIMAL
In Animal Cell:
CHLOROPLAST
 Picture:
 Green structures that
contain chlorophyll
 Captures sunlight and
uses it to produce food
through
Photosynthesis
 What is Photosynthesis?
 PLANT
GOLGI COMPLEX
 Picture:
 Small bags with tubes
connecting them
 Packages proteins for use
in and out of the cell
 PLANT AND ANIMAL
LYSOSOME
 Picture:
 Small, round structures,
 In Plant Cell:
containing enzymes
 Digests older cell parts,
food or other objects
 PLANT AND ANIMAL
 In Animal Cell:
CYTOSKELETON
 Picture:
 A web of proteins
 Acts as both a muscle
 Magnified:
and a skeleton
 Keeps the cell’s
membrane from
collapsing.
 PLANT AND ANIMAL
KNOW YOUR CELL
ORGANELLES!
Stem Cells: