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7th grade Plant cells and animal cells: how they are alike and different worksheet

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Plant cells and animal cells: how they are alike and different

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Side-by-side cell diagram, not to scale. Cell 1 is boxy; Cell 2 is rounded. Matching parts carry the same letter in both cells: Cell 1 has letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G; Cell 2 has letters B, C, D and G. No part names are printed on the drawing. Word bank: cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondrion, chloroplast, large central vacuole.
1.
Ari labels a drawing of two cells. Part B is the outer edge of Cell 2 and sits just inside part A in Cell 1. Which part is B?
- Cell wall
- Large central vacuole
- Cell membrane
- Cytoplasm
2.
Bo labels a drawing of two cells. Part D appears in both Cell 1 and Cell 2. Which word from the bank could D be?
- Chloroplast
- Large central vacuole
- Mitochondrion
- Cell wall
3.
Esme labels a drawing of two cells. Part A is the outermost layer of Cell 1, and Cell 2 has no part A. Which part is A?
- Nucleus
- Cell wall
- Cell membrane
- Mitochondrion
4.
Two cell drawings, not to scale, with each part named. Cell 1 is rounded. Cell 2 is boxy. Jun looks at two cell drawings. Which cell is the plant cell, and what shows it?
- Cell 2, because it has no cell membrane
- Cell 1, because its outer edge is a cell wall
- Cell 2, because it has a cell wall and chloroplasts
- Cell 1, because it is rounder and smaller
5.
Luz looks at two cell drawings. Which cell is the plant cell, and what shows it?
- Cell 2, because it has a stiff wall and a large vacuole
- Cell 1, because its edge is a thin cell wall
- Cell 2, because it has a wall instead of a membrane
- Cell 1, because Cell 2 has no chloroplasts
6.
Milo fills in a parts chart. What belongs in the box marked “?”
- Yes: but they switch on when the leaf is in the dark
- No: chloroplasts do that job in plant cells
- Yes: plant cells have mitochondria too
- No: the cell wall leaves no room for them
7.
Noah fills in a parts chart. What belongs in the box marked “?”
- No: the cell wall takes the membrane’s place
- Yes: the membrane sits just inside the cell wall
- No: plant cells have no mitochondria or membrane
- Yes: but it sits outside the cell wall
8.
Pia fills in a parts chart. What belongs in the box marked “?”
- Yes: animal cells have a stiff wall too
- No: animal cells have a membrane but no cell wall
- Yes: the membrane counts as its cell wall
- No: and plant cells have a wall instead of a membrane
Cell theory card
(1) All living things are made of one or more cells. (2) The cell is the basic living unit. (3) New cells come only from cells that already exist.
9.
Ren reads about cell theory. Which statement agrees with it?
- Animals are made of cells, but plants are not
- Only large living things are made of cells
- New cells can form from water and mud
- All living things are made of one or more cells
10.
Tala reads about cell theory. Where do new cells come from?
- From nowhere: a living thing keeps the same cells as it grows
- From cells that already exist, which divide
- From the food a living thing eats
- From nonliving matter, such as soil

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Plant cells and animal cells. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can name the parts that plant and animal cells share (cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria) and the parts only plant cells have (cell wall, large central vacuole, and in green parts chloroplasts).
I can tell a plant cell from an animal cell from a drawing, a parts chart, a cell card or a microscope view, and say which part decides it.
I can use the three parts of cell theory to explain where new cells come from and what is made of cells.

Standard: MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2

Words to know

cell: The smallest unit of a living thing that is itself alive

cell membrane: The thin, flexible outer edge of a cell; in plants, just inside the wall

cell wall: A stiff layer outside the membrane of plant cells; it supports and shapes them

cytoplasm: The jelly-like inside of a cell, where its other parts sit

nucleus: The part that holds the cell's DNA and directs the cell

mitochondria: Parts that release energy from sugar; in plant and animal cells

chloroplasts: Green parts in some plant cells that make sugar using light

large central vacuole: A big sac in plant cells that stores water and keeps the cell firm

Common mistakes

Your child thought plant cells have no mitochondria, or get all their energy from chloroplasts. Try this: chloroplasts make sugar, and mitochondria in the same cell release its energy, day and night.

Your child thought a plant cell has a cell wall instead of a cell membrane. Ask your child to draw a box inside a box: the wall outside, the membrane just inside it.

Your child thought animal cells have a cell wall, or that the outer edge of an animal cell is a wall. Ask your child which cells keep a stiff, boxy shape and why.

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What is the most common mistake with plant cells and animal cells: how they are alike and different?

Your child thought plant cells have no mitochondria, or get all their energy from chloroplasts. Try this: chloroplasts make sugar, and mitochondria in the same cell release its energy, day and night.

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