Cell Structure

Name: Chase Blazzard-- Date: -10-5-15-

Student Exploration: Cell Structure

Vocabulary: cell wall, centriole, chloroplast, cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome, mitochondria, nuclear envelope, nucleolus, nucleus, organelle, plasma membrane, plastid, ribosome, vacuole, vesicle

Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.)

1. What are some of the structures inside a cell that help it to live and perform its role in an organism? -A few structures inside the cell that help it to function are ribosomes that make proteins, mitochondria that create ATP and convert energy so that it is usable for the cell and lysosomes that clean up the cell waste.-

2. How do you think plant cells differ from animal cells? (Hint: What can plants do that animals cannot?) -Plants have chloroplasts that can convert light energy into food energy. They also have larger vacuoles to store water and nutrients. -

Gizmo Warm-up

The Cell Structure Gizmo™ allows you to look at typical animal and plant cells under a microscope. To start, click Sample to take a sample of an animal cell. Use the Zoom slider to see the cell at a magnification of 1000x (1000 times larger than normal).

1. Use the up/down and left/right sliders to manipulate the cell. Find the red arrow pointing to the centrioles. Take and copy a screen shot or use a draw program to make a sketch of the centrioles in the space below. -[pic]-

2. Read the description of the centrioles. What is their function? -They organize the movement of chromosomes during cell division-

|Activity A: |Get the Gizmo ready: |[pic] |

| |Check that an Animal cell is mounted on the microscope. | |

|Animal cells |Set the Zoom to 500x....