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What are cells?

What

is a cell?
Where do we find cells?
Cell: a cell is a basic unit of

structure and function of life. In

other words, cells make up living
things and carry out activities that
keep a living thing alive.

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What

makes a cell?
A cell is a living thing.
Cells are able to make more cells like
themselves.
Interesting fact! New cells can
only come from existing cells (cells
that are already made).

Oh yea! Some
HISTORY for you

I am sure you are all asking yourselves,

Who was the first person to look at cells.
Well thanks for asking! I will tell you.
In the 1660s there was a man named
Robert Hooke. Robert lived in Britain and
was a scientist. He was the first person to
observe cells.
Robert took a piece bark from an old oak
tree and looked at it through a microscope.

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The

bark looked like it was made up

of many small rooms (kind of like a
house with many bedrooms). He
named the rooms, or structures, he
saw under the microscope cells.
THIS IS HOW THE WORD CELLS
CAME TO BE!!
EXCITING STUFF ISNT IT!!

The Animal Cell

Now the fun begins!!
Animals are made up of many
different types of cells. The
structures I am about to introduce to
you are found in a typical cell.
Please note: Not all animal cells
contain all the same structures.
Thank you for noting!

Animal Cell
terms/Structures
Cell membrane: The cell
membrane surrounds the cell.
Think of the membrane as a
gatekeeper, it only allows some
materials to pass through, but keeps
others out.
Cytoplasm: This is a gel-like fluid,
that takes up most of the space inside
a cell.
Cytoplasm kind of looks like jell-o.

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Nucleus: The nucleus is a structure
usually located near the center of the cell.
The nucleus is a home to the cells
chromosomes. What are
chromosomes you ask?
Chromosomes: They are genetic
structures that contain information to
make new cells. Basically, the instructions
for how to make new cells.

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continued
Nuclear membrane: This
surrounds and protects the nucleus. The
nucleus has its own protector.
Nucleolus: This structure is found
inside the nucleus. It is responsible for
making ribosomes. We will get to this
term in a bit. Thanks for your patience!

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continued
Vacuoles: These are fluid-filled

structures used to store different

substances. In animal cells there are
often many small vacuoles.

Mitochondria: Powerhouses

of the cell. What do you think this

means?
This is a very important structure. They
help take the food the cell ate (for
breakfast, lunch, or dinner), and turn the
it into energy. The energy is needed to
carry out activities.

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Let

me put this in words you can

understand better. When we eat a
turkey sandwich, we are putting
energy into our bodies, in the form of
food. Our bodies take that turkey
sandwich and turn it into energy, so we
can play at recess.
Do you understand?
Great! Lets keep going.

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Endoplasmic

reticulum and

ribosomes: Say it with me En-do-

plas-mic ri-tic-eww-lum.
Now say it 5 times fast.no just kidding!
These 2 structures work together
producing important products for the cell.
Think of the endoplasmic reticulum as a
mailman, delivering things throughout
the cell.

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Arent

you excited, this is the last

term for the animal cell!

Golgi bodies: These help

package products in the cell and then
give them out around the cell. Look
at it like this, you wrap a present and
then give it to your friend. Well, that
is what golgi bodies do.

The Plant Cell

Here

we go again!
Plants cells have all of the structures
that animal cells do. But they also
have some structures that the animal
cell does not.
Plant cells have a cell wall and
chloroplasts.

The three new structures

for a plant cell
Cell

Wall:

This wall provides extra support for

the cell and gives it a shape. In other words, if
there was no cell wall then the cell would have no
shape.

Chloroplasts: These make food for the

plant. They are green.

Chorophyll: This is very important in

making the food for the plant. This structure takes

in sunlight and makes sugar for the plant to eat and
become green.

THE END!!!
Thank

you for your cooperation and

attention!!
Hope you learned some new, exciting
things.
Please sit quietly while I get ready for
more fun!