Worksheet 1.1.

3b Comparing plant and animal cells

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1 Parts of plant and animal cells >
Name the parts of the animal and plant cells shown. Choose from the words given:
cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, nucleus, vacuole, chloroplasts,
organelles

Worksheet 1.1.3b Comparing plant and animal cells

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2 Comparing plant and animal cells >>
Using your knowledge of animal and plant cells, work with a partner through this blockbuster-
style quiz. One of you is the question master and the other the contestant.
 What ‘N’ controls all the activities of the cell?
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 What ‘C’ contains a coloured pigment?
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 What ‘V’ helps to give a plant cell its shape?
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 What ‘C’ is where most of the chemical reactions in a cell occur?
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 What ‘C’ gives a plant cell rigidity?
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 What ‘C’ controls what enters and leaves a cell?
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 Out of these six structures, which three are found in both plant and animal cells?
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3 Adapted to do their jobs >>>

Explain one way in which each of the following parts of the cell is adapted to carry out its job.
a) cell membrane
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b) cell wall
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c) chloroplast
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