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Science: Chapter 2-5
How do plant and animal cells differ?
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6th Grade
07/08/2008

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What is the thick outer layer that surrounds the cell membrane of plant cells and simple organisms?
Definition
cell wall
Term
What is the cell wall made up of?
Definition
cellulose
Term
What are the 3 jobs of the cell wall?
Definition
  1. protects the plant cell
  2. gives the cell its shape
  3. gives the plant cell support
Term
Describe the vacuoles in a plant cell.
Definition
  1. has only one or two large vacuoles (animal cells have many)
  2. stores water
Term
What are rounded organelles in plant cells that have chlorophyll?
Definition
chloroplasts
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What is the green material in the chloroplasts?
Definition

chlorophyll

 

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What is chlorophyll needed for?
Definition
to make food for the plant
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Name the 3 organelles that plant cells have but animal cells do not.
Definition
  1. large vocuole (1 or 2 only)
  2. chloroplasts (with chlorophyll inside them)
  3. cell wall
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