Name: _________________________________ Date: _________________________
CELL
WEB QUEST
Part I: Animal Cells
Step 1) Go to: www.cellsalive.com
Step 2) on the left hand men, select Interactive à Cell Models
Step 3) Choose Interactive Animal + Plant Cells
Step 4) to begin, choose Animal Cell
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Organelle |
Description/Function |
Sketch |
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1.
Nucleus |
The nucleus is the most
_______________ organelle in any ____________________ cell. It is enclosed in a _______________ __________________
and _______________________ with the
surrounding _______________ via numerous nuclear _____________. |
(Nucleus, Chromatin, Nucleolus) |
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2.
Nucleolus |
What does the nucleolus produce? |
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3.
Golgi |
What does the Golgi do? |
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4.
Lysosomes |
Why are lysosomes
important? |
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5.
Mitochondria |
What do mitochondria do? Approximately how big is a
mitochondrion? |
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6.
Smooth ER |
What are some different functions that
smooth ER plays? |
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7.
What
is cytosol?
8.
What
is cytoplasm?
9.
What
is the difference between smooth ER and rough ER?
10. What is the cytoskeleton and what
does it do?
Part II: Plant Cells
Select Plant Cell from the
Interactive Menu
1.
Select
“Centriole”,
jot down the message: ___________________________________________________
___________________________.
2. Cell Wall
a.
What
are plant cell walls made out of?
____________________________________________
b.
What
is the function of the cell wall?
c.
What
is Turgor pressure?
3. Chloroplast
a.
What
is responsible for the absorption of sunlight in plants?
b.
What
biological process do chloroplasts play a role in?
Chloroplast
Sketch + Label
c.
How
many outer membranes do chloroplasts have?
d.
Don’t
forget the sketch à
4.
Using
the diagram, compare the vacuole of a plant cell to that of an animal cell.
List any major differences you see.
Part
III: Prokaryotic Cells
Go to: Cell Models à Procaryotic à Take me to the Bacterial cell
Internal Structure (sentence above
table): ____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
Label the bacterial cell:
a. Which important molecule can be found
in the nucleoid portion of a prokaryotic cell?
b. What gives the cytoplasm of
prokaryotes a granular appearance?
c. How does the capsule benefit the
bacterial cell?
d. What is the function of the cell
wall?
Part IV:
Compare and Contrast
Put an “X” in each
appropriate cell in the table.
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Organelle or Molecule |
Eukaryotic Cells |
Prokaryotic Cells |
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Plant |
Animal |
Bacteria |
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DNA |
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Nucleus |
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Plasma Membrane |
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Cell Wall |
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Ribosomes |
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Mitochondria |
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Golgi |
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Endoplasmic Reticulum |
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Centrioles |
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