GCSE Biology

Cell Biology

DR Darshan Panda
Scientist and Educator
Overview: The Fundamental Units of Life

• All organisms are made of cells

• The cell is the simplest collection of matter
that can live
• Cell structure is correlated to cellular function

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 Cell biology
• What’s the difference between Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes?
• Plants and animal cells – subcellular structures.
• Bacterial cells are much smaller, bacteria are prokaryotes.
• Microscope – light and electron
• Cell differentiation and specialisation.
 Organisms can be Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes

Eukaryotes
• Eukaryotic cells are
complex
• All animal and plant cells
are Eukaryotic.
• Eukaryotes are organisms
which are made up of
Eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotes
• A Prokaryote is a
prokaryotic cell (it’s a
single-celled organism)
• Prokaryotic cells are
smaller and simpler.
 Animal and plant cells
• Draw both and an animal cell and fully label it.
• What is the function of each subcellular structure.

• What does a bacterial cell look like?

Animal cell
Plant cell
Bacterial cells