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SCIENCE
Second Quarter – Module 3B
The Plant Cell

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Science – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Second Quarter – Module 3B: The Plant Cell
First Edition, 2020
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Science
Quarter 2 – Module 3B
The Plant Cell

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Introductory Message

For the learner:

Welcome to the Science 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on The
Plant Cell!

Learning Biology is fun. You will learn more facts, adventures and a lot of
knowledge on all living things. Did you know that the study of cells is known as
Cytology? Cytology is a branch of Biology that deals with the foundation of life which is
the cell.

This module will expand your views on the beauty of life. Read thoroughly each
part of this module, so you will fully understand and appreciate the existence of life.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This gives you an idea of the skills or

competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to check

what you already know about the lesson to take.
If you get all the answers correct (100%), you
may decide to skip this module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link the

current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced

to you in various ways such as a story, a song,
a poem, a problem opener, an activity or a
situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and skills
of the topic. You may check the answers to the
exercises using the Answer Key at the end of
the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.

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 What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will help
you transfer your new knowledge or skill into
real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your level

of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given to

you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing

this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use your science activity notebook in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate
to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain
deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 Table of Contents

What I Need to Know ---------------- 1

What I Know ---------------- 2

Lesson 1 ---------------- 4
What’s In ---------------- 4
What’s New ---------------- 6
What is It ---------------- 7
What’s More ---------------- 8
What I Have Learned ---------------- 9
What I Can Do ---------------- 10
Assessment ---------------- 11
Additional Activities ---------------- 13

Answer Key ---------------- 14

References ---------------- 16

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 What I Need to Know

Life comes from life. Have you ever wonder what your body is made of?
Or how your body maintains, adapts and changes through time? In this module
you are going to learn the “unseen workers” within your body that work hard in
order for you to enjoy life to the fullest. Enjoy reading the module and have fun in
answering all the activities prepared just for you.

After going through this module, you are expected to differentiate plant and
animal cells according to presence or absence of certain organelles. (S7LT-IIe-4)

Specifically, you are also expected to:

1. identify the cell organelles present in plant cell;

2. explain the importance of cell wall and chloroplast in plants; and
3. make a plant cell model.

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 What I Know

I. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it in your
science activity notebook.

1. What is the function of chloroplast in plants?

A. It enables the plant to make their own food.
B. It makes the plants rigid and rectangular in shape.
C. It gives the plants its energy needed to make food.
D. It stores food, water and waste products of the plants.

2. Plants cannot move like animals do because plant cell has _____.
A. Centriole C. chloroplast
B. cell wall D. mitochondria

3. Which of the paired organelles are found in plant cell ONLY?

A. Cell wall and cell membrane C. Cell wall and chloroplast
B. Cell wall and nucleus D. Nucleus and mitochondria

For item number 4, refer your answer to the table below.

Structure Cell A Cell B

Cell Wall X
Plasma membrane
Chloroplast X
Centriole X
Nucleus

4. Which is a plant cell? Explain your answer.

5. Under a microscope, a student observes a specimen that has no cell wall

and chloroplast. Which of the specimen being observed belongs to?
A. Avocado leaf C. Mango seed
B. Human hair D. Mayana leaf

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 II. Directions: Label the following parts of the plant cell. Choose from the
words inside the box.

Ribosomes Mitochondria Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Lysosomes Nucleus Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
Cytoplasm Golgi Bodies Cell membrane
Cell wall Chloroplast Vacuoles

A
B G

C H

J
D
K

L
E

Figure 1. The Plant cell

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Lesson
The Plant Cell
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What’s In

In our previous lesson you have learned that cells have so many workers,
the cell organelles, that work together to carry out life function.
In this module, it will expand your knowledge on plant cell. You will learn
the significant organelles that can only be found in a plant cell. These organelles
make the plants differ from the animals in some aspects.
Enjoy this lesson and have fun while discovering the amazing plant cell.

Activity 1: Word Hunt

Directions: Consider the numbers corresponding to the letters in the alphabet.
A–1 B–2 C–3 D–4 E–5 F–6
G–7 H–8 I–9 J – 10 K – 11 L – 12
M – 13 N – 14 O – 15 P – 16 Q – 17 R – 18
S – 19 T – 20 U – 21 V – 22 W – 23 X – 24
Y – 25 Z – 26
Form a word out of the given number in sequence. The words are the
different organelles. Give a description of the organelle. Write your answer in
your science activity notebook.
Example: 3 – 5 – 12 – 12
Answer: C E L L
Description: Cell is the basic unit of life

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1. 18 – 9 – 2 – 15 – 19 – 15 – 13 – 5 – 19
Answer:
Description:
2. 13 – 9 – 20 – 15 – 3 – 8 – 15 – 14 – 4 – 18 – 9 – 1
Answer:
Description:
3. 3 – 8 – 12 – 15 – 18 – 15 – 16 – 12 – 1 – 19 – 20
Answer:
Description:
4. 3 – 5 – 12 – 12 23 – 1 – 12 – 12
Answer:
Description:
5. 22 – 1 – 3 – 21 – 15 – 12 – 5 – 19
Answer:
Description:
6. 14 – 21 – 3 – 12 – 5 – 21 – 19
Answer:
Description:
7. 3 – 5 – 12 – 12 13 – 5 – 13 – 2 – 18 – 1 – 14 – 5
Answer:
Description:
8. 12 – 25 – 19 – 15 – 19 – 15 – 13 – 5 – 19
Answer:
Description:
9. 3 – 25 – 20 – 15 – 16 – 12 – 1 – 19 – 13
Answer:
Description:
10. 7 – 15 – 12 – 6 – 9 2 – 15 – 4 – 9 – 5 – 19
Answer:
Description:

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 What’s New

A plant cell has almost the same organelles that with the animal cell but
there are organelles that are only found in plant cell. Can you name them?

Study the table below to understand the plant cell. Answer all the
questions in your science activity notebook.

A. The table enumerate the parts of the cell that are present or absent in plant
and animal cells.
Structure Cell A Cell B
Cell wall Absent Present
Plasma Membrane Present Present
Chloroplast Absent Present
Centrioles Present Absent
Nucleus Present Present

Question: Can you identify a plant cell? How about an animal cell?

B. You are asked to identify an unknown slide. Which of the following

characteristics could help you recognize that it is a plant cell?
i. presence of centrioles
ii. absence of cell wall
iii. rigid shape
iv. presence of chloroplast

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 What is It

What is a Plant Cell?

Both plant and animal cells contain nucleus along with similar organelles.
One of the distinctive aspects of a plant cell is the presence of a cell wall outside
the cell membrane.

Plants have an added

covering called the cell wall. It
provides support, protection, and
shape to the cell. The cell
containing cellulose.

Vacuoles in plant cell are

bigger than in animal cell. Figure 2. The Plant cell
Vacuoles are membrane-bound structures
that are commonly used for storing substances. There are many kinds of
vacuoles.

Chloroplasts is an elongated organelle enclosed by phospholipid

membrane. The chloroplast is shaped like a disc. Each chloroplast contains a
green colored pigment called chlorophyll required for the process of
photosynthesis. The chlorophyll absorbs light energy from the sun and uses it to
transform carbon dioxide and water into glucose.

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 What’s More

Activity 2: Label Me!

Hi there, have you already mastered all the organelles found in a plant
cell? Below are the names of the plant cell organelles. Match the diagram on the
right to its name on the left side. Write the letter only on your science activity
notebook.

1.______ cell wall

A G
2.______ cell membrane B
C H
3.______ cytoplasm
I
4.______ vacuole
D J
5.______ chloroplast
K
6.______ mitochondrion
7.______ ribosomes L
E
8.______ lysosomes
9.______ nucleus F

10._____ rough ER Figure 3. The Plant cell

11._____ smooth ER
12._____ golgi bodies

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 3: Cell Analogy

Directions: Fill in the blanks below with the specific cell organelle that works for
its specific function. Choose your answer from the box below and write it in your
science activity notebook.
Ribosomes Mitochondria Cell
Nucleus Cytoplasm Golgi Bodies
Cell membrane Cell wall Vacuoles
Rough Endoplasmic reticulum

Imagine you are inside the factory. The factory itself is the
1.)______. The walls of the factory are the 2.) _______. It guards to whoever
comes in and out of the factory. Inside the factory there is a headquarters room.
The headquarters’ room represent the 3)._______. It controls all the movements
happening inside the factory and tells how the factory should operate. The workers
in the factory represents the 4)._______. These workers translate the information
given from the headquarters room. The factory cannot operate without energy.
The power supply room represents the 5.)______. It provides energy for the
factory to continue to operate. The packaging room in the factory represents the
6.)_______. Inside this room, the products of the factory are being sorted out and
packaged ready to be delivered to different locations. The hallway in the factory
represents the 7.)_______. This hallway provides a pathway for the workers to
transport the products to other rooms in the factory. The storage room or stock
room represents the 8).________. In here, the products of the factory are being
kept. The hallway with workers represents the 9.)_______. This hallway that is
filled with workers is the closest to the headquarters’ room. In this hallway, the cell
products are also produced. The space inside the factory where all the rooms are
found represents the 10.)________.

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 What I Can Do

To show your learning on our lesson, make your own model of a plant cell.
You can use any material available in your home like cardboards, egg shell, yarn,
toothpicks, Styrofoam and etc. Please take note on the important parts that are
only present in a plant cell.

The table below will serve as your basis as to the equivalent points that
you will receive in making your own plant cell model.

Table 1. Cell model rubric

Excellent Satisfactory Needs
(5 points) (4 points) Improvement
(3 points)
Appearance Project is accurate and Project shows Project is not neatly
beautiful. Shows the neatness and done. Organelles
evidence of considerable organized. are not organized.
effort
Creativity Cell model uses materials not Good used of Minimal creativity is
often seen in most projects. materials. shown in the project.

Details All organelles and cell parts Most organelles and Some organelles are
are accurately detailed and cell parts are not clearly
clearly presented. Actual accurately detailed presented. Few
numbers of organelles are and clearly presented. organelles are
represented Actual number of represented.
organelles are
represented.
Labeled 11+ organelles are correctly 8-10 organelles are 5-7 organelles are
Organelles located and labeled in the correctly located and correctly located and
model labeled in the model. labeled in the model.

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 Assessment

I. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it in your
science activity notebook.

1. Plants cannot move like animals do because plant cell has _____.
A. centriole C. chloroplast
B. cell wall D. mitochondria

2. What is the function of chloroplast in plants?

A. It enables the plant to make their own food.
B. It makes the plants rigid and rectangular in shape.
C. It gives the plants its energy needed to make food.
D. It stores food, water and waste products of the plants.

For item number 3, refer your answer to the table below.

Structure Cell A Cell B

Cell Wall X
Plasma membrane
Chloroplast X
Centriole X
Nucleus

3. Which is a plant cell? Explain your answer.

4. Which of the paired organelles are found in plant cell ONLY?

A. Cell wall and cell membrane C. Cell wall and chloroplast
B. Cell wall and nucleus D. Nucleus and mitochondria

5. Under a microscope, a student observes a specimen that has no cell wall

and chloroplast. Which of the specimen being observed belongs to?
A. Avocado leaf C. Mango seed
B. Human hair D. Mayana leaf

6. Which of the following organelle functions for storage of water, food and
waste products of the cell?
A. Cell wall C. Mitochondria
B. Chloroplast D. Vacuoles

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7. It is known as the powerhouse of the cell.
A. Chloroplast C. Nucleus
B. Mitochondria D. Vacuoles

8. What organelle gives the plant cell its rectangular shape?

A. Cell wall C. Nucleus
B. Cell membrane D. Mitochondria

9. It is a dot-like organelle that produces proteins for the cell.

A. Cell membrane C. Mitochondria
B. Nucleus D. Ribosomes

10. What organelles serves as a “highway” of the cell?

A. Cell wall C. Endoplasmic reticulum
B. Cell membrane D. Vacuoles

II. Directions: Label the following parts of the plant cell. Choose from the
words inside the box.

Ribosomes Mitochondria Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Lysosomes Nucleus Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
Cytoplasm Golgi Bodies Cell membrane
Cell wall Chloroplast Vacuoles

A
B G
C H

D J

L
E

Figure 4. The Plant cell

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 Additional Activities

Activity 4: Name Game

I. Let’s play a name game. An organelle is given to you and you are
going to describe it in one word based on its function or description.
The first one is done as an example.

Mitochondria - Energetic mitochondria

1. Cell wall
2. Cell membrane
3. Chloroplast
4. Vacuoles
5. Cytoplasm

II. FACT OR BLUFF. Write FACT if the statement is correct and BLUFF if
the statement is wrong.
1. Plant cell has a single membrane.
2. Vacuoles are storage of food only.
3. All cells have cell wall.
4. Vacuoles in plant cell is bigger than in animal cell.
5. The rectangular shape of the plant cell is because of the presence of cell
wall.

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 Assessment
I. II.
1. B A. Cell wall
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2. A B. Cell membrane
3. Cell B is a plant cell C. Golgi bodies
because it has cell D. Chloroplast
and chloroplast E. Mitochondria
What
4. CI Know What’s In
F. Cytoplasm
I. 5.1.B A Activity 1
G. Lysosomes
6.2.D B 1. Ribosomes – produces
H. Ribosomes
7.3.B C I. protein
SmoothinER the cell What’s New
8.4.A Cell B because it 2. Mitochondria – produces
J. Nucleus A. Cell B is a plant cell
9. D has cell wall and K.energy
Roughfor ERthe cell because it has a
10. C chloroplast 3. Chloroplast
L. Vacuoles – needed by cell wall and
5. B plants to make their own food chloroplast but no
4. Cell wall – for rigid and centriole
II. A. Cell wall rectangular shape of plant cell Cell A is an animal
B. Cell membrane 5. Vacuoles – stores food, water cell because it has
C. Golgi bodies and waste products of the cell no cell wall and
D. Chloroplast 6. Nucleus – controls the chloroplast but has
E. Mitochondria activities of the cell a centriole.
F. Cytoplasm 7. Cell membrane – gives the B. Rigid shape
G. Lysosomes cell its shape Presence of
H. Ribosomes 8. Lysosomes – known as chloroplast
I. Smooth ER “suicidal bags’ of the cell
J. Nucleus 9. Cytoplasm – a jelly-like
K. Rough ER material inside the cell Additional Activities
L. Vacuoles 10. Golgi bodies – packages Activity 4
the products of the cell I. Answers may vary
II. 1. Bluff 4. Fact
What’s More What I Have Learned 2. Bluff 5. Fact
Activity 2 Activity 3 3. Bluff
1. A 7. H
2. B 8. G 1. CELL
3. F 9. J 2. CELL MEMBRANE
4. L 10. K 3. NUCLEUS
5. D 11. I 4. RIBOSOMES
6. E 12. C 5. MITOCHONDRION
6. GOLGI BODIES
7. ENDOPLASMIC
RETICULUM
8. VACUOLES
9. ROUGH ER
10. CYTOPLASM
Answer Key
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