Name:_______________________________________________Date:_____________Period:__
Cells Library Quest
Part I. Use the website http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm
to answer the questions about animal and plant cells.
Click on “Animal Cell” underneath the diagram to view an animal cell.
1. Click on “Nucleus.” What is found within the nucleus? DNA or nucleolus
2. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Cytosol.” What is the cytosol mostly made
up of?
Water/proteins
3. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Golgi.” What is the Golgi apparatus
important for? Packaging macromolecules to transport elsewhere in the cell
4. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Lysosome.” What do lysosomes contain?
Hydrolytic enzymes that digest intracellular material
5. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Cell membrane.” What type of molecule
makes up the double layer in the cell membrane? phospholipids
6. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Mitochondrion.” Mitochondria produce
ATP. What is ATP? Adenosine triphosphate; the primary energy source for the cell
7. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum.” What
different functions does smooth ER play? Lipid & steroid hormone synthesis
8. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.” Why does
the rough ER appear pebbled? Because of ribosomes on its surface
9. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Ribosomes.” Ribosomes are the site of what
process? Protein synthesis
Click on “Plant Cell” underneath the diagram to view a plant cell.
1. Move your mouse over the plant cell to see the names of the organelles. Name five
organelles found in a plant cell that were also studied in the animal cells questions above.
Mitochondria, cell membrane, nucleus, lysosome, ribosomes, ER, nucleolus, golgi, cytosol
2. What two organelles are found in the plant cell that you did not see in the animal cell?
Chloroplast & large central vacuole
3. Click on “Cell Wall.” What molecule makes up cell walls? cellulose
4. Click on “Return to Cell Diagram.” Click on “Chloroplast.” What substance inside the
chloroplast makes it green? chlorophyll
Cell Booklet
(Do this after you finish everything else!)
You will create a cell booklet titled: “A View of the Cell by Your First & Last Name.” Your second page
must have the three parts of the cell theory. Then, using your cell notes, you will have to make a page
for each part. Each page will have 1) a title, a picture, and a page number (at the bottom), 2) its
function(s), and 3) an analogy (what it is like). Be creative, but also be as accurate and neat as you
can. Once completed, this will be placed in your foldable book. Individual grade will be for 30 points,
4 of which come from having all of your parts in the correct spot. For each booklet missing or
incomplete, the group will lose 10 points.
Organelles: (all pages must be colored!)
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One Golgi Apparatus (draw)
Centriole (draw)
Nucleus (handout)
Nucleolus (draw)
Mitochondria (handout)
Endoplasmic reticulum (handout—put smooth and
rough together)
Ribosomes (handout)
Vacuole (handout)
Cytoplasm (draw)
Plasma membrane (handout)
Lysosome (handout)
Chloroplast (handout)
Cell wall (handout)
Cilia (draw)
Flagella (draw)
Cytoskeleton (draw)
Part B: Bacterial Cell Model - (you will need to return to the "Cell Biology" link to access this page, or hit your back
button)
Label the cell parts shown on these cells.
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Cell Organelle Analogies
Organelle
Job
Compare to an everyday object
(Use a complete sentence. Follow the example.)
Nucleus
Control center/brain
A nucleus is like a _____________ because
Cell Membrane
Lets things in and out
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Highway of the cell
Golgi Body
Sorts & transports
Ribosomes
Makes proteins
Mitochondria
Makes energy
Lysosome
Digests cell trash
Cytoplasm
Jelly-like/makes other
organelles float
Vacuole
storage
Chloroplast
Site of photosynthesis/has
cholorphyll
Cell Wall
Protection
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