Exploring Animal Cells

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. What is the main function of the nucleus?

Controls cell activities and stores genetic information

Produces most of the cell's energy

Gives the cell its rigid shape

Makes food for the cell

2. Which organelle is known as the "powerhouse" of the cell?

Mitochondria

Ribosome

Chloroplast

Golgi apparatus

3. Which statement about animal cells is correct?

Animal cells have a rigid cell wall

Animal cells contain chloroplasts for photosynthesis

Animal cells lack a rigid cell wall and do not have chloroplasts

Animal cells store energy as starch like plant cells

4. Check all structures that are typically found in an animal cell:

Nucleus

Cell wall

Mitochondria

Chloroplasts

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Practical Tasks

5. Label practice: Write one-word functions for each organelle.

Nucleus: ____________

Mitochondria: ____________

Cytoplasm: ____________

Cell membrane: ____________

6. Explain in 1–2 sentences: Why do animal cells not have chloroplasts?

7. Inquiry design (use microscopes or images): Write an investigable question about animal cells and a brief hypothesis in "If... then..." form.

Investigable question: _________________________________

Hypothesis (If... then...): _____________________________

8. Group modelling task (class activity): Sketch your 3D model idea and note one sentence explaining how one organelle helps the cell survive.

One-sentence explanation: ________________________________

Exploring Animal Cells

Exploring Animal Cells

📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Practical Tasks

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