Plant and animal Cells

Question 1

Cell membrane

Answer 1

Its structure is permeable to some substances but not to others. It therefore controls the movement of substances in and out of the cell.

Question 1

Cell wall

Answer 1

Made from cellulose fibres and strengthens the cell and supports the plant.

Question 2

Cytoplasm

Answer 2

A jelly-like material that contains dissolved nutrients and salts and structures called organelles. It is where many of the chemical reactions happen.

Question 3

Permanent Vacuole

Answer 3

Filled with cell sap to help keep the cell turgid.

Question 4

Mitochondria

Answer 4

Organelles that contain the enzymes for respiration, and where most energy is released in respiration.

Question 5

Ribosome

Answer 5

Where protein synthesis occurred ( tiny organelles )

Question 6

Nucleus

Answer 6

Contains genetic material such as DNA and controls cells activities

Question 7

Chloroplast

Answer 7

Organelles that contains the green pigment, chlorophyll, which absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. Contains the enzymes needed for photosynthesis.