Station #1
• Animal cells are found in all members of the
animal kingdom, including humans.
• All animal cells are eukaryotic, meaning that they
have a nucleus. They also have membranebound organelles. Animals are multicellular.
• Animal cells have a cell membrane, made of
phospholipids. However, they do NOT have a cell
wall of any kind. Animal skin is often soft and
pliant due to the lack of a cell wall.
• Animal cells do NOT have chloroplasts, an
organelle needed for photosynthesis.
Station #1
• Answer these questions.
1. Do animal cells have a nucleus?
2. Do animal cells have chloroplasts? Can
animals make their own food?
3. Do animal cells have a cell membrane?
4. Do animal cells have a cell wall?
5. Are animal cells soft and fleshy or hard and
firm?
Station #2
• Plant cells are found in all members of the plant
kingdom.
• All plant cells are eukaryotic, meaning that they have a
nucleus. They also have membrane-bound organelles.
Plants are multicellular.
• Plant cells have a cell membrane, made of
phospholipids. They also have a cell wall, which helps
the cell keep its shape. The presence of a cell wall
makes plants firm and tough.
• Plant cells have chloroplasts, an organelle needed for
photosynthesis. They also have a central vacuole, a
large sac used for storing and processing materials.
Station #2
• Answer these questions.
1. Do plant cells have a nucleus?
2. Do plant cells have chloroplasts? Can they
make their own food?
3. Do plant cells have a cell membrane?
4. Do plant cells have a cell wall?
5. What two organelles do plants cells have that
animal cells don’t?
Station #3
• Bacterial cells are a very common type of
prokaryotic cell. Prokaryotic cells do NOT have a
nucleus. Bacteria are unicellular.
– However, bacteria DO have DNA.
• Bacteria also do NOT have any membrane-bound
organelles. However, they DO have ribosomes.
Bacteria often have cilia (short hairs) and flagella
(whip-like tails), which are used for locomotion.
• Finally, bacteria HAVE both a cell wall and a cell
membrane.
Station #3
• Answer these questions.
1. Do bacterial cells have a nucleus?
2. Do bacterial cells have ribosomes? Do they
have other organelles?
3. Do bacterial cells have a cell membrane?
4. Do bacterial cells have a cell wall?
5. What two structures do bacteria use for
locomotion?
Station #4
• Look at the following list
of cellular structures.
Identify what kind of cells
contain those structures.
(There may be more than
one answer!)
• Call your instructor when
you are finished.
1. Ribosomes
2. Nucleus
3. Cell Wall
4. Mitochondria
5. Cilia
6. Chloroplasts
7. DNA
8. Cell Membrane
9. Golgi Bodies
10. Central Vacuole