Cells

Learning Outcomes for Topic:

Knowledge, Understanding and Application

Skills and Processes

Cells - The Unit of Life

Our cells each contain a copy of our genome - the instructions for making us.

A cell is the smallest unit of life.

Key Words

- Cytoplasm

- Cell membrane

- Nucleus

- Vacuoles

- Cell wall

- Chloroplasts

Animal Cells

Plant Cell

Comparison between Animal and Plant Cells

Common to both Animal and Plant Cells

- Cytoplasm

- Cell membrane

- Nucleus

- Mitochondria

Only found in Plant Cells

- Cell wall

- Chloroplasts

- Vacuole