Animal,Plant,Bacteria

• Animal, plant and bacterial cells


  • Structure
  • Present in
  • Function
• Cell membrane

  Forms a boundary to the cell and is selectively permeable, controlling what enters and leaves
• Cell membrane


  • Present in animal cells
  • Present in plant cells
  • Present in bacterial cells
• Cytoplasm


  Site of chemical reactions
• Cytoplasm


  • Present in animal cells
  • Present in plant cells
  • Present in bacterial cells
• Nucleus


  Control centre of the cell containing genetic information in the form of chromosomes; surrounded by a nuclear membrane
• Nucleus


  • Present in animal cells
  • Present in plant cells
  • Not present in bacterial cells
• Nuclear membrane


  Boundary of nucleus; controls what enters and leaves the nucleus
• Nuclear membrane


  • Present in animal cells
  • Present in plant cells
  • Not present in bacterial cells
• Mitochondria


  Sites of cell respiration
• Mitochondria


  • Present in animal cells
  • Present in plant cells
  • Not present in bacterial cells
• Cell wall


  Made of cellulose - a rigid structure that provides support
• Cell wall


  • Not present in animal cells
  • Present in plant cells (cellulose)
  • Present in bacterial cells (non-cellulose)
• Vacuole


  Contains cell sap and provides support
• Vacuole


  • Not present in animal cells
  • Present in plant cells (large permanent)
  • Not present in bacterial cells
• Chloroplasts


  Contain chlorophyll; the place where photosynthesis takes place
• Chloroplasts


  • Not present in animal cells
  • Present in plant cells
  • Not present in bacterial cells
• Plasmids


  Small circular rings of DNA
• Plasmids


  • Not present in animal cells
  • Not present in plant cells
  • Present in bacterial cells
• Cell - the basic building block of all living organisms. Plants and animals are formed of millions of cells, but a bacterium is formed of only one cell.
• The only structures present in all three types of cell are cell membranes and cytoplasm.