Cells: An Introduction to The Basic Units of Life

5th Grade ScienceStandard 5.5

Chesterfield County Schools

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Cells

All organisms -living things-are made of cells.

Need a microscope to see them.

Cells do thejobs that keeporganismsalive.

Cells are the smallestpart of a living thing.

Not All Cells are the Same

The Plant Cell

cell wall

vacuolecytoplasm

nucleus

chloroplast

The Animal Cell

cell membrane

vacuolenucleus

cytoplasm

cell membrane

vacuole

nucleus

cytoplasm

Plant vs. Animal Cells

cell wall vacuole

cytoplasm

nucleus

chloroplast

cell membrane

vacuole

nucleus

cytoplasm

Plant vs. Animal Cells

cell wall vacuole

cytoplasm

nucleus

chloroplast

cell membrane

vacuole

nucleus

cytoplasm

Plant vs. Animal Cells

cell wall vacuole

cytoplasm

nucleus

chloroplasts

What goes on in cell?

So What??!!

Organelles

cell wallvacuolechloroplastsnucleuscytoplasm

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A Quiz About Cells

A Quiz About Cells

Which type of cell has a cell wall?What are the tiny organs called?What is the name of the large ‘space’ in a plant cell?

What are the two basic types of cells?

Answers to the Quizanimal and plant

Which type of cell has a cell wall?

plant

What are the tiny organs called?What is the name of the large ‘space’ in a plant cell?

organelles

vacuole

What are the two basic types of cells?

Cells are…

the building blocks of life!

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<http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/plntcell.htm >.

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