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A1.2 - Animal and Plant Cells

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  • ✓Identify the main structures of a typical animal cell and a typical plant cell.
  • ✓State the functions of the cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus and mitochondria.
  • ✓Describe the extra structures found in plant cells: the cell wall, chloroplasts and a large vacuole.
  • ✓Compare the structure of a typical animal cell with a typical plant cell.
  • ✓Explain that the cell is the basic unit of structure and function in living organisms.
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Think about biting into a crunchy piece of onion while cooking a Caribbean pot, or looking at a drop of pond water from a Trinidad garden. Everything living, from the onion to you, is built from tiny units called cells. A cell is the smallest part of an organism that can carry out all the processes of life. Some living things, like bacteria, are made of just one cell. Larger organisms, like humans, mango trees and goats, are made of billions of cells working together. TIP: When you hear the word cell, picture a tiny building block. Just as a house is built from many bricks, your body is built from many cells.
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