Middle School Life Science : Distinguish between plant and animal cells
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Example Question #11 : Cells And Organelles
What type of cell is pictured in the image above?
a plant cell
an animal cell
a T-Cell
none of these
a plant cell
The answer is "a plant cell." The image shows a microscope slide of a plant cell with distinct chloroplasts and rectangular cell walls. Another hint that it's a plant cell, is that the cells and chloroplasts are green!
Example Question #12 : Cells And Organelles
What kind of cell is represented in the image above?
a plant cell
a T-cell
an antibody
an animal cell
an animal cell
The answer is "an animal cell." The cell has a membrane, rather than a rigid geometric shape meaning that it is not a plant cell. Additionally, you can clearly see the nucleus and mitochondria, but no chloroplasts.
Example Question #13 : Cells And Organelles
Breonna and Taylor are lab partners. They are looking at cells through a microscope to determine whether the cells are plant cells or animal cells.
- The cells are slightly rectangular and geometric
- The cells have nuclei
- The cells have mitochondria
- The cells are right next to each other
- The cells have chloroplasts
Breonna says they are plant cells because they have cell walls. Taylor agrees they are plant cells but she says it's because they have chloroplasts. Which of the following students has the correct explanation to write on their lab report?
They both have correct explanations
Breonna has the correct identification and explanation
Neither have the correct identification or explanations
Taylor has the correct identification and explanation
Taylor has the correct explanation but the wrong identification
They both have correct explanations
The answer is "They both have correct explanations." The primary distinction between plant and animal cells is that plant cells have cell walls while animal cells have cell membranes. Plant cells have chloroplasts but animal cells do not. All cells have a nucleus so this is not relevant to the distinction.
Example Question #14 : Cells And Organelles
Which of the following answer choices is a similarity between plant and animal cells?
all of these
the nucleus is present in both
none of these
both the cells contain golgi bodies
the gel-like material between organelles is called cytoplasm
all of these
the answer is "all of these." Plant and animal cells have many similarities. The differences between plant and animal cells are that plant cells have chloroplasts and cell walls but animal cells don't have chloroplasts and have cell membranes.
Example Question #15 : Cells And Organelles
Does the image above represent a plant or animal cell?
an animal cell
a plant cell
not enough information
neither of these
an animal cell
The answer is an animal cell because the shape of the cell is irregular, and there are no chloroplasts visible. If the cell were more rectangular or had visible chloroplasts it would probably be a plant cell.
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