Plant, Animal and Bacterial Cell Comparison

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About this simulation

Compare three cell diagrams. Select structures, inspect their functions and compare illustrative sizes.

What students can explore

Which structures do all three cells share? Why does a bacterial cell have DNA without a nucleus?
Original schematic models of a photosynthetic plant cell, an animal cell and a typical walled bacterium. Sizes are examples; organelles are not to scale. Not all plant cells have chloroplasts or all bacteria a wall.

Learning objectives

1Which structures do all three cells share? Why does a bacterial cell have DNA without a nucleus?

Questions teachers ask

About the model

Original schematic models of a photosynthetic plant cell, an animal cell and a typical walled bacterium. Sizes are examples; organelles are not to scale. Not all plant cells have chloroplasts or all bacteria a wall.

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