Plant and Animal Brainpop Homework

Plant and Animal Cells: Differences and Similarities

Animal cell are made of a nucleus, a cytoplasm, organelles (little parts that are like the different organs of a cell) and cell membrane. While plant cell may have all these, plant cells also have a cell wall which is a rigid sort of outer coating that helps maintain the cell’s shape. Plant cells also have chloroplasts, which only plant cells need for photosynthesis.

Bacteria

Bacteria are single celled organisms that are everywhere. They are everywhere you go, and to remove bacteria from something is call sterilization. Bacteria have a role in many things. For example, bacteria are in our digestive tract, and they help us digest things we normally wouldn’t be able to digest. Plants need bacteria as well, as they convert nitrogen in the soil to simpler forms that plants are able to absorb. The downside of bacteria is that some of them are bad, for example, they are responsible for many know diseases, and they are not always on our side. Bacteria are different from other types of cells, they are prokaryotic, which means that their nuclear material is not surrounded by a membrane.

Pictures of Different Cells

Animal Cell

Plant Cell

Links to original files:

As with always (and because the pictures are cut off), i will post individual links to the original files
Write Up (with similarities and differences): http://15htk1.qataracademy.wikispaces.net/file/view/Plant+and+Animal+Cells.docx
Animal Cell Picture: http://15htk1.qataracademy.wikispaces.net/file/view/Animal_Cell.jpg
Plant Cell Picture: http://15htk1.qataracademy.wikispaces.net/file/view/Plant_Cell.jpg