Structure of Plant and Animal Cell

A cell is the smallest working unit of a living organism.

Examples of cells include;

• Skin Cells
• Muscle Cells
• Blood Cells
• Nerve Cells

Cell → Tissue → Organ → System → Organism

A Tissue is a group of similar cells which carry out the same function.

Example: Muscle Tissue, Root Tissue.

A Organ is a structure that contains two or more tissues working together.

Example: Heart, Leaf.

A System is a number of organs working together.

Example: Digestive System, Shoot System.

An Organism is a group of systems that work together.

Example: Fox, Sunflower.

1. A plant is no has started to turn white, which organelle do you think has been affected?
2. An animal cell has been contaminated with various different molecules, which organelle is to blame.
3. A plant cell is able to store large amounts of food, nutrients and waste products, which organelle is responsible for storage?
4. An animal cell has lost its store of DNA. What organelle is DNA stored in?

The microscope is _____________ in and the light is turned on.

The rotating ____________ is turned and fix the ________ power objective lens in place first.

The __________, under the stage, is used to adjust the light coming through.

A ___________ is placed on the stage.

The stage is raised to its ____________ position.

Looking through the _____________ and using a ___________ focus wheel, the slide is brought into rough focus.

The _____________ focused wheel is used to make the slight adjustment needed to bring the object into clear focus.

Next the ___________ objective lens is put in place.

Using the fine focus wheel, the object is brought into focus.

To view under the strongest power, the nosepiece is turned to the highest _______________ and only the fine focus wheel is used.

Word Bank:

Magnification,Lowest, Coarse, Eyepiece, Plugged, Diaphragm, Strongest, Slide, Nosepiece, Highest