Plant and Animal Cells

Question 1

What are cells?

Answer 1

cells are the fundamental units of all living things

Question 2

What are the organelles in an Animal cell and what are there functions?

Answer 2

NUCLEUS - controls what the cell does. Contains the DNA of the cell.
CYTOPLASM - most chemical reactions happen here.
CELL MEMBRANE - holds cell together. Controls what goes in and out.
MITOCHONDRIA - site of respiration (energy)

Question 3

What organelles, and their functions, does a Plant cell have, that an Animal cell doesn’t have?

Answer 3

CELL WALL - provides protection. Made of cellulose.
VACUOLE - storage of nutrients
CHLOROPLAST - contains chlorophyll for photosynthesis. Give plant it’s green colour.

Question 4

What is an organism?

Answer 4

a living thing

Question 5

What is a group of similar functioning cells working together called?

Answer 5

A tissue

Question 6

What is a group of similar functioning tissues working together called?

Answer 6

An organ

Question 7

What is a group of similar functioning organs working together called?

Answer 7

An organ system

Question 8

What is a group of organ systems called?

Answer 8

organism