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SCIENCE
Second Quarter – Module 3D
Comparing Plant and
Animal Cell

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

Science – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Second Quarter – Module 3D: Comparing Plant and Animal Cell
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Comparing Plant and
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What I Need to Know ---------------- 1

What I Know ---------------- 2

Lesson 1 ---------------- 4
What’s In ---------------- 4
What’s New ---------------- 5
What is It ---------------- 6
What’s More ---------------- 8

What I Have Learned ---------------- 9

What I Can Do ---------------- 10
Assessment ---------------- 11
Additional Activities ---------------- 13

Answer Key ---------------- 14

References ---------------- 16
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 What I Need to Know

Most cells have everything they need to carry out the basic life functions.
Although all living things are made up of cells, all cells are not the same. Cells with
different shape and sizes have different roles. Shapes and sizes are related to the
functions of the cell. The basic differences between most plant and animals are their
covering, color, and shape.
In this module, you will learn more about the features of plant cells and animal
cells. How do they differ? Why can plants make their own food but animals cannot?
This module will help you find the answers to these questions as it discusses the
differences between plant and animal cells.

After going through this module, you are expected to differentiate plant and
animal cells according to presence or absence of organelles. (S7LT-IIe-4)

Specifically, you are also expected to:

1) construct a Venn diagram that shows similarities and differences between plant
and animal cells.

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 What I Know

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write it in your science activity
notebook.

1. A cell is observed to contain a nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts. From this

information you can conclude that the cell is _______.
A. a plant cell C. a bacterial cell
B. an animal cell D. a prokaryotic cell

2. Which of the following organelles can be found in a plant cell but NOT in an
animal cell?
A. Chloroplast C. Nucleus
B. Mitochondria D. Vacuole

3. Which of the following is a correct list of structures found in both plant and animal
cells?
A. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall
B. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm
C. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts
D. Mitochondria, nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, cell wall, chloroplasts

4. Under a microscope, a student observes a specimen containing a cell wall,

nucleus, and chloroplasts. Which of the following specimen being observed
belong to?
A. Bacteria C. Human
B. Cat hair D. Mango tree leaf

5. What is the name of the organelle that contains chlorophyll and is only found in
plant cells?
A. Cell Wall C. Chloroplasts
B. Centriole D. Cytoplasm

6. Which of these structures helps plant cells maintain their rectangular shape?
A. Cell Wall C. Chloroplast
B. Cell Membrane D. Nucleus

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 7. Which organelles are involved in energy conversion?
A. Mitochondria and ribosomes
B. Mitochondria and chloroplasts
C. Golgi apparatus and chloroplasts
D. Smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum

8. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. All cells have centrioles.
B. Animals lack chloroplasts.
C. Plant cells have a boxlike shape.
D. All cells have a cell membrane.

For items number 9 to 12, refer your answer to the table below.

Structure Cell A Cell B

Cell Wall X
Plasma membrane
Chloroplast X
Centriole X
Nucleus

9.-10. Which is a plant cell? Explain your answer.

11.-12. Which is an animal cell? Explain your answer.

For items number 13 to 15, refer your answer to the table below.

The table below shows a comparison between 3 kinds of cells. Analyze the table
carefully then, answer the question. Write your answer in your science activity
notebook.

Types of cells
Parts of Cell
A B C
Nucleus √ √ √
Cytoplasm √ √ √
Chloroplast X √ X
Plasma membrane √ √ √
Cell wall X √ X

13. Which two cells could possibly have come from the same organism?
14. What kind of organism is represented by cell A?

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15. What kind of organism is represented by cell B?

Lesson
Comparing Plant Cell and
1 Animal cell

What’s In

Activity 1: Remember Me?

Directions: Study the diagram below of a plant and an animal cell. Then, complete the
statements that follow. Write your answer in your science activity notebook.

Figure 1. The plant and animal cell organelles

1. The structure labeled A are found in both types of cells. The name of the structure is
_______.
2. Unlike animal cells, plant cells have cell wall. In the diagram it is labeled as
_______.
3. The organelle labeled E is known as “The Brain” of the cell. It is the _______.

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4. It is the site of photosynthesis. The organelle I is _______.
5. The power house of the cell is mitochondrion. In the diagram it is labeled as
_______.

What’s New

Activity 2: Take a pic!

Directions: Study carefully the pictures below and answer the questions 1 and 2.
Write your answer in your science activity notebook.

1. Which one is a plant cell? Which is an animal cell?

2. Write the differences that you observe in the pictures of the cells according to
size and shape.

A.

Source: http://omsscience7.oregonsd.net/cells

B.

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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plagiomnium_affine_laminazellen.jpeg(2006)

What is It

Both plant and animal cells are eukaryotic which means they contain
membrane-bound organelles like the nucleus and mitochondria. However, plant cells
and animal cells do not look exactly the same or have all of the same organelles, since
each of them have different needs. For example, plant cells contain chloroplasts since
they need to perform photosynthesis, but animal cells do not.

So, how are a plant cell and an animal cell similar or different? Why do plants
and animals have differences? Plant and animal cells differ because they have to
perform different functions. Both animal and plant cells have mitochondria, but only
plant cells have chloroplasts. Plants don’t get their sugar from eating food, so they
need to make sugar with the help of the sunlight. This process which is known as
photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplast. Once the sugar is made, it is then
broken down by the mitochondria to make energy for the cell. Because animals get
sugar from the food they eat, they do not need chloroplasts: just mitochondria.

Both plant and animal cells have vacuoles. A plant cell contains a large, singular
vacuole that is used for storage and maintaining the shape of the cell. In contrast,
animal cells have many, smaller vacuoles.

Plant cells have a cell wall and a plasma membrane. In plants, the cell wall
surrounds the plasma membrane. This gives the plant cell its boxlike shape. This also
allows the plants to remain strong and stand upright even if it grows to great heights.
Animal cells simply have a plasma membrane, but no cell wall.

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 The table that follows summarizes the similarities and differences of animal cells
and plant cells. Notice the organelles that can be found in both types of cells and
observe carefully the organelles which are present only in animal cell or in plant cell.

Table 1. Comparison Between Plant & Animal Cell

Basis of Comparison Plant Cell Animal Cell

Cell Wall Present Present

Centrioles Absent Present

Chloroplast Present Absent

Cytoplasm Present Present

Endoplasmic reticulum Present Present

Golgi body Present Present

Lysosome Rarely present Present

Mitochondria Present Present

Nucleus Present Present

Plasma membrane Present Present

Ribosomes Present Present

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 Vacuole Only one huge vacuole Many and smaller in size

What’s More

Activity 3: Cell Tour

Directions: Study closely Figures 2 and 3. These are diagrammatic presentations of

plant and animal cells and their parts. Then, answer the questions below. Write your
answer in your science activity notebook.

Figure 2. Parts of an animal cell

Figure 3. Parts of a plant cell

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 What Iare
1. What cell organelles Have
found Learned
in both cells?
2. Which are present only in animal cells?
3. Which are present only in plant cells?

Activity 4: Think and Write

A. Directions: Answer the questions below. Write your answer in your science activity
notebook.

1. Could a plant cell and animal cell survive without its mitochondrion even if all other
organelles were present? Explain.
2. Why do plant cells have larger vacuole than animal cells?

B. Directions: Copy the following table listing some cell parts. Put a check (√) mark in
the column where each of the organelle is found. The first one is done for you. Copy
the table and write your answer in your science activity notebook.
Animal and
Cell Organelle Animal Only Plant Only
Plant
Cell Wall
Centrioles
Chloroplast
Cytoplasm
Golgi body
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Plasma membrane
Ribosomes
Vacuole

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 What I Can Do

Activity 5: Fill Me!

Directions: Compare and contrast plant and animal cell by filling in the Venn Diagram
below. The common organelles must be written in the overlapping area (A), while the
differences are in the non-overlapping areas (B & C). Use the words in box. An
example is provided for you. Copy and answer the Venn diagram in your science
activity notebook.

Cell Wall Endoplasmic reticulum Nucleus

Centrioles Golgi body Plasma membrane
Chloroplast Lysosome Ribosomes
Cytoplasm Mitochondria Vacuole

Plant Cell Animal Cell

B C

Cell Wall Nucleus Centrioles

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 Assessment

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write it in your science activity
notebook.
1. What is the name of the organelle that contains chlorophyll and is only found in
plant cells?
A. Cell Wall C. Chloroplasts
B. Centriole D. Cytoplasm

2. Which of the following organelles can be found in a plant cell but NOT in an
animal cell?
A. Chloroplast C. Nucleus
B. Mitochondria D. Vacuole

3. Which of the following is a correct list of structures found in both plant and animal
cells?
A. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall
B. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm
C. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts
D. Mitochondria, nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, cell wall, chloroplasts

4. Under a microscope, a student observes a specimen containing a cell wall,

nucleus, and chloroplasts. Which of the following specimen being observed
belong to?
A. Bacteria C. Human
B. Cat hair D. Mango tree leaf

5. A cell is observed to contain a nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts. From this

information you can conclude that the cell is _______.
A. a plant cell C. a bacterial cell
B. an animal cell D. a prokaryotic cell

6. Which of these structures helps plant cells maintain their rectangular shape?
A. Cell Wall C. Chloroplast
B. Cell Membrane D. Nucleus

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 7. Which organelles are involved in energy conversion?
A. Mitochondria and ribosomes
B. Mitochondria and chloroplasts
C. Golgi apparatus and chloroplasts
D. Smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum

8. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. All cells have centrioles.
B. Animals lack chloroplasts.
C. Plant cells have a boxlike shape.
D. All cells have a cell membrane.

For items number 9 to 11, refer your answer to the table below.

The table below shows a comparison between 3 kinds of cells. Analyze the table
carefully then, answer the question. Write your answer in your science activity
notebook.

Types of cells
Parts of Cell
A B C
Nucleus √ √ √
Cytoplasm √ √ √
Chloroplast X √ X
Plasma membrane √ √ √
Cell wall X √ X

9. Which two cells could possibly have come from the same organism?
10. What kind of organism is represented by cell B?
11. What kind of organism is represented by cell A?

For items number 12 to 15, refer your answer to the table below.

Structure Cell A Cell B

Cell Wall X
Plasma membrane
Chloroplast X
Centriole X
Nucleus

12.-13. Which is a plant cell? Explain your answer.

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14.-15. Which is an animal cell? Explain your answer.

Additional Activities

WHO AM I?

Directions: Read each riddle below. Identify what organelle is being described, and
write the name of the structure in your science activity notebook.

1. I am thick and stiff

I have a boxlike shape
I am found only in plants
I am what makes them to stand upright

Who am I? _________

2. I can make cells grow

I can make them die
They call me, “The Brain”
Without me, the cell is nothing

Who am I? _________

3. My name is storage room

Others call me, refrigerator
I store food and water
In plants, I appear larger

Who am I? _________

4. In cells, I am the road

I can be rough
I can be smooth
And can be found in both

Who am I? _________

5. I’m the green organelles

Present only in plant cells
I make food for the plants
Using the sun’s radiant energy

Who am I? _________

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 Answer Key

What I Know What’s In What’s New

What’s More
1. A 1. Cytoplasm 1. Plant Cell-B
1. Cytoplasm, Rough ER, Animal Cell-A
2. A 2. B
3. B Smooth ER, Golgi Body, 2. Animal cell has an
4. D Lysosome,3.Mitochondrion,
Nucleus irregular shape while the
4. Chloroplast
Nucleus, Plasma membrane, plant cell has a boxlike
5. C
6. A Ribosome, 5. H
Vacuole shape.
7. B 2. Centrioles
8. A 3. Cell wall and Chloroplast
9.-10. B. It contains
cell wall and
chloroplast
11-12. A. It has What I Can Do
centrioles. It does not
have Icell
What Have wall and
Learned
chloroplast. Additional
A.13. A and C
1.14.
No,Animals
it could not because the mitochondrion provides Activities
energy to the cell. Every organism needs energy to
15. Plants
survive. 1. Cell Wall
2. The large vacuole in plants is important in storing 2. Nucleus
food, as plants manufacture their own food. It also holds 3. Vacuole
excess water that plant cells store. 4. Endoplasmic
B. reticulum
Cell Animal Animal 5. Chloroplast
Plant Only
Organelle Only and Plant
Cell Wall √
Centrioles √
Chloroplast √
Cytoplasm √ Assessment

Golgi body √ 1. C
2. A
Mitochondria √ 3. B
Nucleus √ 4. D
5. A
Plasma √ 6. A
membrane 7. B
14 8. A
Ribosomes √
9. A & C
Vacuole √ 10. Plants
11. Animals
 References

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Carale, Lourdes R., and Elvira R. Galvez. Science and Technology II, Biology
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Rachna, C. 2017. biodifferences.com. August 29. https://biodifferences.com/difference-

between-plant-cell-and-animal-cell.html. (Accessed May 28, 2020)

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cells/hs-plant-vs-animal-cells/a/hs-plant-vs-animal-cells-review. (Accessed May
29, 2020)

siyavula.com. www.siyavula.com/read/grade-9/cells-as-the-basic-units-of-life/01- cells-

as-the-basic-units-of-life?id=toc-id-5. (Accessed May 28, 2020).

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