Thursday, September 22, 2011

Topic Cell Organelle Essay - Main Points!

Q) Distinguish between plant and animal cells in terms of their structural features
Key ideas
Main points
1) Memorize 6 features for comparison first –
· Cell wall
· Middle lamella
· Chloroplast
· Vacuole
· Lysosome
· Centriole

2) Then specific features for each type of cell
Plant cell
· Possess cellulose cell wall w plasmodesmata
· Middle lamella join walls of adjacent cell
· Chloroplasts
· Large central vacuole surrounded by tonaplast

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·  Absent in higher plants
Animal cell
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· Small scattered vacuoles



· Possess lysosomes
· Centrioles
Comments:
(i) Visualize the answer with the aid of a labelled picture of both cells
(ii) Verbalize the answer + write down the main points w/o referring to the answer (use abbreviations)
(iii) Read again within the next 24h & once more within 72h (do not spend more than 10min)

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