The Plant Cell
&
Organelles
Plant Cells
• A plant is made up of
many cells that have
special
characteristics that
make them rigid
(stiff) and able to
make their own food.
Organelles
Organelle
Job for cell
Analogy
Cell Wall
Hard outer covering
Stone wall
Cell Membrane
Thin protective layer
Mitochondria
Place where energy is
made
Chloroplast
Place where sunlight is
turned into food
Vacuole
Water storage
Organelles
Organelle
Job for cell
Analogy
Cell Wall
Hard outer covering
Stone wall
Cell Membrane
Thin protective layer
Your skin
Mitochondria
Place where energy is
made
HECO
Chloroplast
Place where sunlight is
turned into food
Solar panel
Vacuole
Water storage
Reservoir tank
Organelles
Organelle
Job for cell
Centriole
Needed for cell
division
Ribosome
Puts big molecules
together
Golgi
Apparatus
Needed to transport
things around cell
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Tunnels or paths
throughout cell
Lysosome
Digestive organelle
Analogy
Organelles
Organelle
Job for cell
Analogy
Centriole
Needed for cell
division
Ribosome
Puts big molecules
together
Golgi
Apparatus
Needed to transport
things around cell
Post office
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Tunnels or paths
throughout cell
Freeway
Lysosome
Digestive organelle
Fishing reel
Construction
workers
Your stomach
Parts of the Plant Cell
Cell Membrane
Nucleus
Cell Wall
Vacuole
Chloroplast
Chloroplast
Green!
The chloroplast has pancake stacks
that capture the sunlight and turn it
into sugar… PHOTOSYNTHESIS!!!
Chlorophyll
This is the pigment chlorophyll that helps the plant
capture the sunlight.
Chromatography
When you did the
chromatography of
the plant, color seen
at the end were all
the chlorophylls ( )
that were released
when the leaf
(lettuce or spinach)
was destroyed.
End
Start
What kind of cells do we have?
• If we were made of
plant cells, our body
would probably move
like our friend
Treebeard!
• Our cells lack a cell
wall, so they are not
stiff and rigid.
http://www.willisms.com/archives/treebeard.jpg, Access Date: Dec. 7, 2006