Discovering Cells Webquest
PART ONE: Cells Alive! Website: http://www.cellsalive.com/
· Click on the top left box titled “Interactive Animal, Plant, & Bacteria Cell Models”
· Choose the Eukaryotic cell animation. Choose the animal cell first, then move on to the plant cell to answer all of the following questions.
1. Within the nucleus is the __________ responsible for providing the cell with its unique characteristics
2. The nucleolus produces __________ which move out of the nucleus to the rough endoplasmic reticulum where they make proteins
3. People often use the terms cytosol cytoplasm interchangeably but there is a difference. Explain:
4. The golgi body, also known as the gold apparatus, is a stack of membrane bound vesicles that are important in ____________ macromolecules for transport elsewhere in the cell
5. Lysosomes contain enzymes necessary for intracellular ____________
6. What do hydrophilic and hydrophobic mean (hint: see cell membrane)
7. Mitochondria provide the ___________ a cell needs to move, divide, reproduce, ect.
8. Explain why a plant wilts (Hint: see vacuole)
9. What two organelles to plant cell have that animal cells do not?
10. What causes the crispness of fresh vegetables (Hint: see cell wall)
11. Chloroplasts contain the plant cell’s _____________ responsible for the plant’s green color and the ability to absorb energy from sunlight. The energy is used to convert ________ plus atmospheric ____________ into sugars by the process of photosynthesis
12. ______________ make proteins and can be found of the rough endoplasmic reticulum but are absent from the smooth ER.
13. The cytoskeleton helps to maintain the cell’s _________ but the primary importance is in cell ______________ (movement).
PART TWO: Cell Tutorial- Anatomy: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/index.htm
· You will need to explore both the plant and animal cell, so choose either one to start with. Answer the following questions as you go.
1. How is the plasma membrane like a doorman?
2. Where can ribosomes be found and what do they do?
3. Mitochondria are like the __________ of the cell
4. The nucleus holds the constructions plans (______) that dictate which proteins the cell produces
5. One of the golgi apparatus’ main jobs is grouping items and __________ them in vesicles (packets)
6. What analogy is given for lysosomes and peroxisomes? Why?
7. The ER prepares proteins for transport to the _____________
8. Did you play the plant or animal game? _____________________ How long did it take you to complete it? ________________________
9. Try the quiz. How many times did you have to take it before your cell was able to divide?
PART THREE: How do animal and plant cells work: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E08/E08.html
· Read through the introduction on the left hand side of the page and answer the following questions:
1. All cells contain individual parts called ____________ that perform various tasks.
2. Cells help living things carry on all the important life processes such as ___________, ___________, _____________, and ____________
3. The activities within cells might be compared to those in a ___________ that operates 24 hours a day making dozens of different products
4. Just as a factory operates inside a building, a cell functions within a structured called the ___________
5. ___________ are absorbed into the cell and ____________ products are released
Cell Organelle Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rABKB5aS2Zg
1. Which organelle did he ask “how to get home?” _____________________
2. Which organelle engulfed the singer? ________________
3. In the plant cell, which cell part helps the tree grow tall? ______________
Feel free to revisit any of the above websites and play around with some of the other activities. Check out all that Discovery Education has to offer!
PART ONE: Cells Alive! Website: http://www.cellsalive.com/
· Click on the top left box titled “Interactive Animal, Plant, & Bacteria Cell Models”
· Choose the Eukaryotic cell animation. Choose the animal cell first, then move on to the plant cell to answer all of the following questions.
1. Within the nucleus is the __________ responsible for providing the cell with its unique characteristics
2. The nucleolus produces __________ which move out of the nucleus to the rough endoplasmic reticulum where they make proteins
3. People often use the terms cytosol cytoplasm interchangeably but there is a difference. Explain:
4. The golgi body, also known as the gold apparatus, is a stack of membrane bound vesicles that are important in ____________ macromolecules for transport elsewhere in the cell
5. Lysosomes contain enzymes necessary for intracellular ____________
6. What do hydrophilic and hydrophobic mean (hint: see cell membrane)
7. Mitochondria provide the ___________ a cell needs to move, divide, reproduce, ect.
8. Explain why a plant wilts (Hint: see vacuole)
9. What two organelles to plant cell have that animal cells do not?
10. What causes the crispness of fresh vegetables (Hint: see cell wall)
11. Chloroplasts contain the plant cell’s _____________ responsible for the plant’s green color and the ability to absorb energy from sunlight. The energy is used to convert ________ plus atmospheric ____________ into sugars by the process of photosynthesis
12. ______________ make proteins and can be found of the rough endoplasmic reticulum but are absent from the smooth ER.
13. The cytoskeleton helps to maintain the cell’s _________ but the primary importance is in cell ______________ (movement).
PART TWO: Cell Tutorial- Anatomy: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/index.htm
· You will need to explore both the plant and animal cell, so choose either one to start with. Answer the following questions as you go.
1. How is the plasma membrane like a doorman?
2. Where can ribosomes be found and what do they do?
3. Mitochondria are like the __________ of the cell
4. The nucleus holds the constructions plans (______) that dictate which proteins the cell produces
5. One of the golgi apparatus’ main jobs is grouping items and __________ them in vesicles (packets)
6. What analogy is given for lysosomes and peroxisomes? Why?
7. The ER prepares proteins for transport to the _____________
8. Did you play the plant or animal game? _____________________ How long did it take you to complete it? ________________________
9. Try the quiz. How many times did you have to take it before your cell was able to divide?
PART THREE: How do animal and plant cells work: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E08/E08.html
· Read through the introduction on the left hand side of the page and answer the following questions:
1. All cells contain individual parts called ____________ that perform various tasks.
2. Cells help living things carry on all the important life processes such as ___________, ___________, _____________, and ____________
3. The activities within cells might be compared to those in a ___________ that operates 24 hours a day making dozens of different products
4. Just as a factory operates inside a building, a cell functions within a structured called the ___________
5. ___________ are absorbed into the cell and ____________ products are released
Cell Organelle Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rABKB5aS2Zg
1. Which organelle did he ask “how to get home?” _____________________
2. Which organelle engulfed the singer? ________________
3. In the plant cell, which cell part helps the tree grow tall? ______________
Feel free to revisit any of the above websites and play around with some of the other activities. Check out all that Discovery Education has to offer!