plant cells

• By the end of this video you should be able to correctly label a diagram of a plant cell and describe the functions of the different parts of a plant cell
• Plant cells contain structures that animal cells do not, including chloroplasts, cell walls, and large permanent vacuoles
• Plant cells


  • Have a regular shape, unlike animal cells which can easily change shape
  • Are packed full of green structures (chloroplasts)
• Chloroplasts


  Contain chlorophyll and are the sites of photosynthesis
• Cell wall


  Made from cellulose, strengthens the cell
• Vacuole


  Large permanent structure filled with cell sap, helps give the plant cell its shape
• Structures common to both plant and animal cells

  • Nucleus
  • Cytoplasm
  • Cell membrane
  • Mitochondria
  • Ribosomes
• Plants are eukaryotes, like animals
• Nucleus contains genetic material
• Cytoplasm is where chemical reactions take place
• Cell membrane controls what molecules enter and leave the cell
• Mitochondria carry out aerobic respiration
• Ribosomes are the site of protein synthesis
• You will find plenty of questions on plant cells in the revision workbook