Exploring Animal Cells
A Grade 3 science worksheet to learn about the basic parts and functions of an animal cell.
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Exploring Animal Cells
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the diagram of the animal cell to help you.
Look at the diagram of an animal cell below.
1. All living things are made of tiny parts called .
2. The outer covering of an animal cell is called the cell .
3. The control center of the cell is the .
4. The jelly-like substance inside the cell is called the .
1. Which part of the animal cell controls what goes in and out of the cell?
Nucleus
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
2. What is the main job of the nucleus in an animal cell?
To make food
To store water
To control cell activities
To give the cell shape
1. Animal cells have a cell wall.
True
False
2. The cytoplasm is the watery, jelly-like substance inside the cell.
True
False
1. Name two parts of an animal cell that you learned about today.
2. Why is the nucleus important for an animal cell?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
1. Everything inside the cell, except the nucleus, floats in the .
2. The is like the brain of the cell.
3. All living things are made of tiny building blocks called .
4. The cell acts like a skin around the cell.