Lesson 4 ·Class 10 · Cell — The Structural and Functional Unit of Life [For Revision Only] · Sort Lab
Plant Cell vs Animal Cell
What you would actually see down the microscope.
You are looking at two slides. Sort each observation by which cell it belongs to.
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All items sorted — check each bin.
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Free play — sort every item into the bin it belongs in; each correct drop tells you why. Switch to when you're ready to test yourself.
Three things a plant cell has that an animal cell has not — wall, plastids, large vacuole. One thing the animal cell has — the centrosome.
What this lesson covers
Challenges to clear
- Sort every observation.
- Fill the Plant cell column — the three things an animal cell will never have.
The task
You are looking at two slides. Sort each observation by which cell it belongs to.
What this lesson covers
- Plant cell: A fixed, regular, angular outline (The rigid cellulose wall holds the shape.); A thick outer layer outside the membrane (Non-living cellulose, freely permeable.); Green bodies scattered in the cytoplasm (Chloroplasts — visible even at low magnification.); One large clear space filling most of the cell (The central vacuole, full of cell sap.); The nucleus pushed against one side (A direct consequence of that large vacuole.); Stored food appears as starch grains (Plants store carbohydrate as starch.)
- Animal cell: A rounded or irregular outline that can change (Only a flexible membrane holds it in.); The nucleus sitting near the centre (Nothing large is displacing it.); A small star-shaped body near the nucleus (The centrosome, which organises the spindle.); Stored food is glycogen (Mainly in liver and muscle.)
Hint
Three things a plant cell has that an animal cell has not — wall, plastids, large vacuole. One thing the animal cell has — the centrosome.