Webquest
Name__________________________________Mod_______Date_____________
Cell WEBQUEST: An interactive journey into the cell!
Answer the following questions. You do not have to answer these questions in complete sentences, but your answers should be complete with details and information!
Go to: http://askabiologist.asu.edu/research/buildingblocks/cellparts.html
1a) How many different kinds of cells are in your body? ________________
1b) Why do you suppose there are so many different types of cells in our body?
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2) What parts of our bodies are made of dead cells? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Go to: http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm
Click on “Animal Cell” Read the text and follow the directions. (Click on each organelle and read about what it does)
3) Name and define 3 of the organelles that we are learning about.
a)
b)
c)
Click “continue” and answer the “Pop-up Questions.” When you are finished, click on “Plant cell” and read the text.
4) Which organelle in the plant cell would mainly help the cell take in water or get rid of water? This is also known as “osmosis.” How do you know that this organelle would help with that process?
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5) Which organelle, if empty, would cause the plant to wilt? Why is this?
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6) Name an organelle that you see in the plant cell that you did not see in the animal cell.
Cell WEBQUEST: An interactive journey into the cell!
Answer the following questions. You do not have to answer these questions in complete sentences, but your answers should be complete with details and information!
Go to: http://askabiologist.asu.edu/research/buildingblocks/cellparts.html
1a) How many different kinds of cells are in your body? ________________
1b) Why do you suppose there are so many different types of cells in our body?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) What parts of our bodies are made of dead cells? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Go to: http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm
Click on “Animal Cell” Read the text and follow the directions. (Click on each organelle and read about what it does)
3) Name and define 3 of the organelles that we are learning about.
a)
b)
c)
Click “continue” and answer the “Pop-up Questions.” When you are finished, click on “Plant cell” and read the text.
4) Which organelle in the plant cell would mainly help the cell take in water or get rid of water? This is also known as “osmosis.” How do you know that this organelle would help with that process?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5) Which organelle, if empty, would cause the plant to wilt? Why is this?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6) Name an organelle that you see in the plant cell that you did not see in the animal cell.