Animal and Plant Cells

Question 1

What organelles are found in an animal cell?

Answer 1

Cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, cytoplasm, ribosomes

Question 2

What is an organelle?

Answer 2

A specialised structure inside a living cell which carries out a specific function which allows the cell to live

Question 3

What shape is an animal cell?

Answer 3

Round in shape

Question 4

What shape is a plant cell?

Answer 4

Rectangular

Question 5

What organelles are found in a plant cell?

Answer 5

Vacuole, cell wall, cell membrane, mitochondria, cytoplasm, ribosomes, chloroplasts, nucleus

Question 6

Which organelles are found in both animal and plant cells?

Answer 6

Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Cell Membrane

Question 7

Which organelles are only found in plant cells?

Answer 7

Vacuole, cell wall, chloroplasts

Question 8

Which organelles are only found in animal cells?

Answer 8

None - all organelles in animal cells are also in plant cells

Question 9

True/false: animal cells have a cell wall

Answer 9

False - they only have a cell membrane

Question 10

True/false: plant cells have a cell membrane

Answer 10

True - they have both a cell membrane AND a cell wall

Question 11

Draw a labelled animal cell

Answer 11

(See mind map in revision folder)

Question 12

Draw a labelled plant cell

Answer 12

(See mind map in revision folder)

Question 13

What is the cytoplasm and what is its function?

Answer 13

A jelly-like substance

Where vital chemical reactions and activities happen in a cell

Question 14

What is the function of mitochondria?

Answer 14

Powerhouse of the cell - Where energy is released from glucose in respiration

Question 15

What is the function of chloroplasts and what are they?

Answer 15

Green discs in plant cells which contain the green pigment chlorophyll

Where food/nutrients (glucose) are produced using light energy from the sun in photosynthesis

Question 16

What is the function of the vacuole?

Answer 16

A storage space filled with cell sap containing nutrients such as water, salts, proteins and carbohydrates

Question 17

What is the function of the cell wall?

Answer 17

A tough, inelastic outer case which supports the cell and stops it bursting

Question 18

What is the function of the nucleus?

Answer 18

Control centre of the cell - Controls the cell and contains DNA

Question 19

What is the function of the cell membrane?

Answer 19

Keeps the cell together and controls what goes into and out of the cell

Question 20

What is a unicellular organism?

Answer 20

An organism made up of only one cell

Question 21

What is a multicellular organism?

Answer 21

An organism made up of more than one cell where each type of cell contributes a different function

Question 22

Give an example of a unicellular organism

Answer 22

Bacteria (e.g. salmonella, E. Coli), fungi (only yeast), some protoctista (e.g. paramecia)

Question 23

Give an example of a multicellular organism

Answer 23

Animal (e.g. dog), plants (e.g. sunflower), fungi (e.g. mushrooms), some protoctista (e.g. sea lettuce)

Question 24

Define pigment

Answer 24

A coloured chemical compound that absorbs light which provides the energy used in photosynthesis, and which produces colour by reflecting only certain colours of visible light