Plant Cells

• Plant cells have a regular shape, unlike animal cells which can easily change their shape
• Plant cells are packed full of green structures
• Nucleus


  Contains genetic material
• Cytoplasm


  Where chemical reactions take place
• Cell membrane


  Controls which molecules enter and leave the cell
• Mitochondria


  Carry out aerobic respiration
• Ribosomes


  Site of protein synthesis
• Plant cells


  • Have chloroplasts which contain chlorophyll and are sites of photosynthesis
  • Have a cell wall made from cellulose which strengthens the cell
  • Have a large permanent vacuole filled with cell sap which helps give the cell its shape
• Algae are very simple forms of plant life and also have a cellulose cell wall