ANIMAL AND PLANT

CELLS

Prepared By: Joan A. Riparip

Pre-Service Teacher
Cells
Cells are the basic building blocks of all
living things.

ANIMAL PLANT
ANIMAL Cell
 Plasma Membrane
 Thin sheet or membrane that
surrounds cells and also to the
membranes that surround
organelles within the cell.
 “the outer cover”
 Cytoplasm
■ jelly-like fluid that fills a cell
 Nucleus

■ “Commander of the cell” or

“the brain of the cell”
■ It helps control eating,
movement, and
reproduction.
Mitochondria
■ the “powerhouses of
the cell”
■ They are organelles
that act like a digestive
system which takes in
nutrients, breaks them
down, and creates
energy rich molecules
for the cell.
■ the working organelles
that keep the cell full of
energy
Ribosomes
■ “Protein Construction
team”
■ They are like
construction guys
who build proteins
 Endoplasmic Reticulum

■ the ER functions as a
manufacturing and packaging
system. It works closely with
the Golgi
apparatus, ribosomes,
■ It makes and transports lipids,
it also packages proteins
 Golgi Apparatus
■ also known as the Golgi
complex, Golgi body, or
simply the Golgi
■ packaging organelle, it
packages vesicles.
 Lysosomes

■ lysosomes are “little

digestion machines”,
they go to work when
the cell absorbs or
eats some food
particles, wastes, and
foreign substances
■ “janitor of the cell”
 Centrioles

■ Every animal-like cell

has two small
organelles
called centrioles. They
are there to help the cell
when it comes time to
divide (cell division)
PLANT CELL
Cell Wall

■ Cell walls made of

cellulose are only found
around plant cells and
a few other organisms
Vacuoles

■ “Storage Bins to the Cells”

■ They are found in both animal
and plant cells but are much
larger in plant cells.
■ Vacuoles might store food or
any variety of nutrients a cell
might need to survive.
Chloroplasts

■ Chloroplasts are
the “food producers”
of the cell. The
organelles are only
found in plant cells
and some protists
such as algae
VIDEO
SEATWORK

■ Find a pair, and classify the following organelles whether

they are under animal or plant cell.