Plant, Animal, Prokaryotic

Cells

Create this chart… Eukaryotes Prokaryotes

Animal Cells Plant Cells Bacteria Cells

Size

Shape

Color

Outer Structure

Mobility

Getting Energy

Vacuoles

Lysosomes

Mitochondria

Ribosomes

Although most cells eukaryotic cells have the same basic stuff, there are

some differences between animal cells and plant cells.

SHAPE• Animal cells are roundish or blob shaped• Plant cells are kinda rectangular• Plant cells often look like bricks in a brick wall

COLOR• Animal cells are pink, clear, red, orange,

bluish, (anything but green)• Plant cells are green or sometimes clear if the

cell is part of a root that doesn’t see sunlight)

OUTER STRUCTURE• Animal cells do not have a cell wall, only a cell

membrane, that’s why they’re blob shaped.• Plant cells have a cell wall, that’s what makes

stems rigid, and makes plant cells form rectangular shapes in a brick wall pattern.

GETTING ENERGY• Animal cells need to absorb sugar for food, so

they do not have chloroplasts.• Plant cells make their own food from sunlight,

so they have chloroplasts to absorb sunlight.

VACUOLES• Animal cells have many small vacuoles.• Plants need lots of water to conduct

photosynthesis, so they need big vacuoles to store lots of water.

LYSOSOMES• Animal cells have to take in food, so they have

more waste products to digest, and thus more lysosomes.

• Plant cells have very little waste, so they have very few lysosomes.

MITOCHONDRIA• Both plant cells and

animal cells have mitochondria.

• Animal cells that need to move a lot may have more.

• Plant cells convert sunlight to sugar, then the mitochondria convert sugar to ATP

RIBOSOMES• All cells need to make

protein.

• “Protein makes the world go round.” It is not just muscle

A third type of cells:• Prokaryotes are

bacteria

• Eukaryotes are “normal” cells of plants and animals

GENETIC MATERIAL• Genetic material in bacteria is not contained

inside a nucleus.

MOBILITY• Some bacterial cells can

move.

• Flagella – long whip-like tail

• Cilia – short little hairs like a millipede

SHAPE• Prokaryotes come in 3 basic

shapes:

• Spiral Shapes like Borrelia

• Rod Shapes like Esherichia

• Sphere Shapes like Staphlococcus

OUTER COVERING• Bacterial cells have both

a cell wall and a cell membrane.

• Some bacteria can form endospores. These “capsules” can survive harsh conditions and remain dormant for years.

GETTING ENERGY• Some bacteria are

autotrophs, and make food from sunlight.

• Some bacteria are autotrophs and make food from sulfur or other chemicals.

• Some bacteria are hetrotrophs and break down food for energy

MINI-QUIZ

1- What is this organelle?

2- What does this organelle do?

3- Are these plant cells or an animal cells?

4- Are these plant cells or animal cells?

5- Prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

6- This is the cell membrane. What is its job?

7- These are chloroplasts. Is this a plant cell or an animal cell?

8- Is this a plant cell or an animal cell or a bacterial cell?

9- What is the name of this organelle?

10-This is the cell wall. What is its job?