Plant Cells Under Changing Water Conditions

Begin with the color code sheets and the lifestyle sheet, then use the case studies and mystery cells for application. Close with the mitosis group of sheets.

Classify plant cells in fresh water and salt water and compute percent mass change of potato strips. The directions on the page read: Read the text. Then use the word bank to write the state and water condition of each cell. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade living things, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

The nucleus holds DNA, mitochondria release energy, chloroplasts capture light, lysosomes hold digestive enzymes and the endoplasmic reticulum makes proteins.

In fresh water a plant cell becomes turgid as the vacuole swells and presses against the wall. The potato strip data shows how mass changes in salt solutions.

Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis. Each new cell gets a full copy of the DNA.

It is a phospholipid bilayer that lets small uncharged molecules pass, needs channels for ions and blocks large molecules.