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Cells Webquest
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Directions: Click on the links located in the beginning of each section of this assignment. Then, answer
the questions below the links using the website to help you.
Website #1: http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html
1. All living organisms are divided into ______________. It is the basic structure for all living
things.
2. What do cells group together to form?
3. The main purpose of a cell is to _______________.
4. How does the cell make it easier for an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce?
5. Why aren’t cells large?
Website #2: https://www.biologyjunction.com/cell_exploration_webquest.htm
6. Every living thing is composed of _______________________________________.
7. Organisms made up of one cell are:
8. Organisms made up of one or more cells are:
9. __________________ are the smallest units of life.
10. Cells that are ______________ can function together.
11. Atoms → ______________ → ______________ → _________________ → ________________
→ ________________ ____________ → ________________________
12. What must you use in order to look at a cell?
13. Click on the “size of cells” hyperlink. Name the objects that we can see through a microscope
from smallest to largest.
14. What does the cell have inside of it in order to carry out jobs?
15. Do all cells have the same functions?
16. What are three examples of organelles in cells?
17. What is an example of a prokaryotic cell?
Website #3: https://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm
*Use the pictures to help you answer #7 & 8.
18. There are two types of cells.
a. PROKARYOTIC= ______________________
b. Eukaryotic= Plants and ____________________
19. What types of cells do YOU have (HIGHLIGHT: PROKARYOTIC or EUKARYOTIC)?
20. Which type of cell is more complex (complicated)?
21. Which type of cell is more simple?
CLICK ON THE EUKARYOTIC CELL and then answer the following questions:
22. Which part of the cell surrounds the cell and allows molecules in and out. This cell part also has
holes in it and is said to be SEMI-PERMEABLE:
23. Which cell part contains DNA?
24. Which cell organelle is really important for storing water?
25. Which cell part provides the energy for the cell?
26. Which cell part makes proteins (AKA protein synthesis)?
27. Which two cell parts are only located in plant cells?
CLICK ON “START THE ANIMATION” AND THEN CLICK ANIMAL CELL. answer the
following questions
28. Label the parts of the cell below.
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29. Go back and click on the plant cell. Use the picture to label the
parts of the plant cell.
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