What are living things made of?

1. Complete the sentences:

a) All living things are made up of …………..

b) Multicellular living things are made up of …………………….

c) Plants and animals are ………………

d) Unicellular living things are made up of ……………….

e) …………………… are unicellular.
f) They are only visible through a ……………………….

2. Which are the parts of a cell? Choose only four options.

Nucleus Plant Multicellular

Bacteria Liquid Microscope

Cell
Cytoplasm Organelles
membrane

3. What is a cell? ¿Qué es una célula?

A cell is
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Label the parts of the cell:

 5. Match each description with its meaning in Spanish:
Is a thin and permeable
layer that separates the
inside of the cell from the
outside.
Situated in the cytoplasm.
There are different types of
organelles, which carry out
a variety of different
functions.
Is the liquid that makes up
most of the cell. It is manly
water.
Controls what happens in
the cell.
6. Match each word in English with its word in Spanish:
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Cell membrane
Organelles
• • Es el líquido que compone la mayor
parte de la célula. Prácticamente es
agua.
• • Es una delgada y permeable capa
que separa el interior de la célula del
exterior.
• • Controla lo que ocurre en la célula.
• • Situado en el citoplasma. Son
diferentes tipos de orgánulos, que
realizan diferentes funciones.
• • Núcleo
• • Orgánulos
• • Citoplasma
• • Membrana celular
 7. Match each part of the cell with the correct description:

Cytoplasm • • Is a thin and permeable layer that

separates the inside of the cell from
the outside.
Nucleus • • Situated in the cytoplasm. There are
different types of organelles, which
carry out a variety of different
functions.
Cell membrane • • Is the liquid that makes up most of
the cell. It is manly water.
Organelles • • Controls what happens in the cell.

8. What is the function of the nucleus? ¿Cuál es la función del núcleo?

9. What is a cell membrane?

10. Where are the organelles? ¿Dónde están los orgánulos?

11. Can you tell something more about the organelles? ¿Puedes decir algo más sobre los orgánulos?

12. What is the cytoplasm?