Plant cells

• Plant cell


  • Regular shape (unlike animal cells)
  • 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 3 structures that animal cells do not: chloroplasts, cell wall, permanent vacuole
• Chloroplasts


  Contain chlorophyll and are sites of photosynthesis
• Cell wall


  Made from cellulose, strengthens the cell
• Permanent vacuole


  Filled with cell sap, helps give the plant cell its shape
• Algae are very simple forms of plant life that have a cellulose cell wall