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Reading Study Guide Chapter 2 Living Things
2-4 Looking Inside Cells  (pp.60-67)

p.60

1. Organelles are tiny structures that ____________________________________


Enter the Cell (p.61)

2. What is a cell wall?________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

3. A plant's cell wall helps to ______________ and _______________ the cell.

4. What material is the cell wall made of? ______________

5. The cell membrane controls ___________________________________________

6-7. Name two substances that enter the cell through the cell membrane.

                 ____________ and _______________


Sail On to the Nucleus (p.62)

8. What does the nucleus do? ____________________________________________


Organelles in the Cytoplasm (p.63-66)

9. Where do you find cytoplasm? _______________________________________

10. How is cytoplasm described? _________________________________________


11-17. Fill in the table  about cell parts.

Organelles in Cytoplasm

ORGANELLE

FUNCTION: WHAT DOES IT DO?

Mitochondria  
Endoplasmic Reticulum  
Ribosomes  
Golgi Bodies  
Chloroplasts  
Vacuoles  
Lysosomes  


Specialized Cells (p.67)

18. What do nerve cells do? _____________________________________________

19. What do red blood cells do? __________________________________________

20-23. Fill in the chart.  Write an example for each type of specialized cell

Specialized Cell Type

Example

Tissue  
Organ  
System  


Section 2-4 Assessment

24. What is one difference between an animal and plant cell? _____________________

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Name another difference between an animal and plant cell ______________________