ANIMAL CELLS
FEATURES:
● Heterotrophic nutrition
● High metabolic rate
PART OF ANIMAL CELL FUNCTION
SECRETORY VESICLES - Hormone secretion
- Enzyme secretion
CYTOPLASM - The main place of all chemical reactions of a cell
- Contains water and dissolved substances
- Home to all major organelles
VACUOLES - Small + temporary
- Can be involved in digestion or excretion of water
GLYCOGEN - Storage form of energy in animals
-Stored in the liver
CELL SURFACE MEMBRANE - Surrounds cytoplasm
- Controls what goes in and out of cell (partially permeable)
- Separates cell’s content from surrounding
NUCLEUS - Contains DNA (hereditary information)
MITOCHONDRIA - Site of respiration where our body breaks down nutrients into
energy (ATP), via the Krebs cycle
RIBOSOME - Site of protein synthesis (links together amino acids in the
order that is specified by RNA)
PLANT CELLS
FEATURES:
● Autotrophic nutrition
● Make energy via photosynthesis
PART OF PLANT CELL FUNCTION
CHLOROPLAST - Contain chlorophyll
- Contain enzymes
LARGE PERMEABLE VACUOLE - Can store ions and molecules
- Stores water
CELL WALL - Made of cellulose
, - Provides structural support
- Protects against damage made by osmotic water intake
CYTOPLASM - The main place of all chemical reactions of a cell
- Contains water and dissolved substances
- Home to all major organelles
- Contains: Ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum and
mitochondria (all main organelles)
NUCLEUS - Contains DNA (hereditary information)
CELL SURFACE MEMBRANE - Surrounds cytoplasm
- Controls what goes in and out of cell
- Separates cell’s content from surrounding
MITOCHONDRIA - Site of respiration where our body breaks down nutrients into
energy (ATP), via the Krebs cycle
RIBOSOME - Site of protein synthesis (links together amino acids in the
order that is specified by RNA)
ANIMAL AND PLANT CELL
DIFFERENCES:
➔ Animal cells don't have...
-Cell wall
-Chloroplasts
-Large permanent vacuole
-Regular shape
-Starch as energy storage
➔ Plant cells don't have...
-Irregular shape
-Glycogen as energy storage
SIMILARITIES:
➔ Cells surface membrane
➔ Cytoplasm
➔ Nucleus
SPECIALISED CELLS
● Cells specifically designed to perform one or more functions
● Have specific adaptations and features which help them perform
FEATURES:
● Heterotrophic nutrition
● High metabolic rate
PART OF ANIMAL CELL FUNCTION
SECRETORY VESICLES - Hormone secretion
- Enzyme secretion
CYTOPLASM - The main place of all chemical reactions of a cell
- Contains water and dissolved substances
- Home to all major organelles
VACUOLES - Small + temporary
- Can be involved in digestion or excretion of water
GLYCOGEN - Storage form of energy in animals
-Stored in the liver
CELL SURFACE MEMBRANE - Surrounds cytoplasm
- Controls what goes in and out of cell (partially permeable)
- Separates cell’s content from surrounding
NUCLEUS - Contains DNA (hereditary information)
MITOCHONDRIA - Site of respiration where our body breaks down nutrients into
energy (ATP), via the Krebs cycle
RIBOSOME - Site of protein synthesis (links together amino acids in the
order that is specified by RNA)
PLANT CELLS
FEATURES:
● Autotrophic nutrition
● Make energy via photosynthesis
PART OF PLANT CELL FUNCTION
CHLOROPLAST - Contain chlorophyll
- Contain enzymes
LARGE PERMEABLE VACUOLE - Can store ions and molecules
- Stores water
CELL WALL - Made of cellulose
, - Provides structural support
- Protects against damage made by osmotic water intake
CYTOPLASM - The main place of all chemical reactions of a cell
- Contains water and dissolved substances
- Home to all major organelles
- Contains: Ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum and
mitochondria (all main organelles)
NUCLEUS - Contains DNA (hereditary information)
CELL SURFACE MEMBRANE - Surrounds cytoplasm
- Controls what goes in and out of cell
- Separates cell’s content from surrounding
MITOCHONDRIA - Site of respiration where our body breaks down nutrients into
energy (ATP), via the Krebs cycle
RIBOSOME - Site of protein synthesis (links together amino acids in the
order that is specified by RNA)
ANIMAL AND PLANT CELL
DIFFERENCES:
➔ Animal cells don't have...
-Cell wall
-Chloroplasts
-Large permanent vacuole
-Regular shape
-Starch as energy storage
➔ Plant cells don't have...
-Irregular shape
-Glycogen as energy storage
SIMILARITIES:
➔ Cells surface membrane
➔ Cytoplasm
➔ Nucleus
SPECIALISED CELLS
● Cells specifically designed to perform one or more functions
● Have specific adaptations and features which help them perform
