Activity 4What Do Cells Do?

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

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Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

Get Started

What structures must all cells have in order to function and grow?

What are some differences between plant and animal cells?

Look at your drawing of a cell from the previous activity.

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

Introduction

Membrane-bound structures inside some cells are called organelles.

Read the introduction.

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

What are the functions of the structures in cells?

Challenge

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

Procedure

Follow the directions on Student Sheet 4.1, “Structure and Function of Cells,” to complete the simulation.

Part A: Computer Simulation

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

Procedure

Use information from the reading about bacterial cells to change or add to your Venn diagram from Part A.

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

Follow Up

A. Describe the structures an animal cell must have for it to produce a protein.

B. Explain how these structures work together to produce a protein.

Analysis 2

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

Follow Up

What functions do all cells – plant, animal, and bacterial cells – need to perform in order to survive?

What structures do all cells have in common in order to perform these functions?

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

What are the functions of the structures in cells?

Revisit the Challenge

Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?

Key Vocabulary

bacteria cell membrane cell wall cilium, cilia cytoplasm cytoskeleton endoplasmic reticulum

(ER) eukaryotic cell

flagellum, flagella Golgi apparatus lysosome nucleus organelle prokaryotic cell ribosome vacuole vesicle

Key Vocabulary