CELLS - PLANT & ANIMAL CELL TUTORIALS

Plant and animal cells have several differences and similarities. For example, animal cells do not have a cell wall or chloroplasts but plant cells do. Animal cells are round and irregular in shape while plant cells have fixed, rectangular shapes.

COMPARISON CHART - DIFFERENCES IN ANIMAL & PLANT CELLS

Animal Cell	Plant Cell
Cell wall	Absent	Present (formed of cellulose)
Shape	Round (irregular shape)	Rectangular (fixed shape)
Vacuole	One or more small vacuoles (much smaller than plant cells).	One, large central vacuole taking up 90% of cell volume.
Centrioles	Present in all animal cells	Only present in lower plant forms.
Chloroplast	Animal cells don't have chloroplasts	Plant cells have chloroplasts because they make their own food
Plastids	Absent	Present
Plasma Membrane	only cell membrane	cell wall and a cell membrane
Lysosomes	Lysosomes occur in cytoplasm.	Lysosomes usually not evident.
Cilia	Present	It is very rare

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SIMILARITIES IN ANIMAL & PLANT CELLS

Animal Cell	Plant Cell
Cell wall	Absent	Present (formed of cellulose)
Shape	Round (irregular shape)	Rectangular (fixed shape)
Vacuole	One or more small vacuoles (much smaller than plant cells).	One, large central vacuole taking up 90% of cell volume.
Centrioles	Present in all animal cells	Only present in lower plant forms.
Chloroplast	Animal cells don't have chloroplasts	Plant cells have chloroplasts because they make their own food
Cytoplasm	Present	Present
Endoplasmic Reticulum (Smooth and Rough)	Present	Present
Ribosomes	Present	Present
Mitochondria	Present	Present
Plastids	Absent	Present
Golgi Apparatus	Present	Present
Plasma Membrane	only cell membrane	cell wall and a cell membrane
Microtubules/ Microfilaments	Present	Present
Flagella	May be found in some cells	May be found in some cells
Lysosomes	Lysosomes occur in cytoplasm.	Lysosomes usually not evident.
Nucleus	Present	Present
Cilia	Present	It is very rare

Follow the directions for the cell activity.  Click on the "tutorial" ; then game; then quiz.
Make sure you know the organelles structures  &  functions of the animal & plant cells.

1. Complete labeling of the PLANT & ANIMAL cell diagrams
2. Complete the ORGANELLE TABLE

PLANT CELL TUTORIAL

ANIMAL CELL TUTORIAL