Cell WebQuest

CELL WEBQUEST
Searching for basic fact....
Check out the following websites and answer the questions

WEBSITE #1  Brainpop - kingdoms
http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/sixkingdoms/ 

1.  Scientists used to classify life into two kingdoms - the plant and the animal.  They now classify all life into six different kingdoms.  List the six kingdoms of life and briefly describe each one:

1.       -

2.       -

3.       -

4.       -

5.       -

6.       -

2. What does it mean to be Unicellular?
3. What does it mean to be Multicellular?
4. Are we uni or multi? 
   

WEBSITE#2  Brainpop - cells -

http://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/cells/

2. What is a cell?
3. Cells are categorized as either
1. Prokaryotic -
2. Eukaryotic -
4. Humans are made up of ___________________ cells.
5. Why do different cells in the body look differently?
6. Your body is made up of an estimated ____________________________ cells.  That's enough to stretch around the Earth ______ times.

 WEBSITE #3 - Cellsalive -  

http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

CLICK ON “take me to the animation” NOW, CLICK ON “animal cell”

IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING CELL PARTS IN THE DIAGRAM BELOW (diagram adapted from cellsalive.com) 

1    Which part of the cell surrounds the cell and allows molecules in and out. This cell part also has holes in it and is said to be SEMI-PERMEABLE. ___________________________

An organelle is a specialized cell part that has a specific role to play.  All cells have many organelles in the cyptoplasm (also called the cytosol). 

2   Which organelle contains DNA? __

3   Which organelle is the storage center for food and water? _____

4.  Which organelle provides energy for the cell?______

Now go back and CLICK ON THE “PLANT CELL”. Again, IDENTIFY the cell parts (diagram adapted from cellsalive.com) 

 1. Which organelle is the storage center for food and water?

2. Which part supports the cell?

3. Which part allows substances in and out of the cell?

4. Which organelle contains chlorophyll, which is responsible for photosynthesis (how a plant makes its own food) -