Cell Structures Worksheet
Cell Structures Worksheet
Activity
Objectives:
Identify the major parts of a cell and describe their functions.
Identify the differences between animal and plant cells. 
Use section 3.3 of your OpenStax, Concepts of Biology textbook to complete this activity.
1. List the three structures present in a plant cell that are not present in an animal cell.
a.
b.
c.
2. List two structures present in animal cells that are not present in plant cells.
a.
b.
3. Identify which central cell structure [nuclear envelope, nucleolus, nucleus] is described by each
statement below:
4. Identify which cell structure [centrioles, Golgi apparatus, lysosome, mitochondria, peroxisome,
ribosomes, rough ER, smooth ER, chloroplast] is described by each statement below:
a. the site of ATP synthesis in the cell
c. These are both freely floating in the cytoplasm and attached to the rough ER; they make
proteins
d. the large organelle that makes proteins & sends them to the Golgi apparatus
h. these are the small organelles that divide a cell’s genetic information during mitosis (animal
cells)
5. Identify which external cell structure [cilia, flagella, plasma membrane] is described by each statement
below:
6. Sketch an animal and plant cell and include the following cell structures:
Nucleus
Nucleolus
Centrioles (Animal only)
Lysosome (Animal only)
Golgi apparatus
Mitochondria
Plasma membrane
Ribosomes
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Plasma membrane
Cytoplasm
Cell Wall (Plant only)
Central Vacuole (Plant only)
Chloroplasts (Plant only)