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Plant and Animal Cells Answer Key

Compare plant and animal cells and identify the function of different organelles.

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Cell Structures

Q1.What do both plant and animal cells have?

Answer

Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosomes, and endoplasmic reticulum.

Q2.What do only plant cells have?

Answer

Cell wall, chloroplasts, and a large central vacuole.

Q3.What does the nucleus do?

Answer

Controls cell activities and stores DNA (the cell's genetic information).

Organelle Functions

Q4.What do mitochondria do?

Q5.What do chloroplasts do?

Q6.What does the cell membrane do?

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