Year 7 cells worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to match the parts of the plant cell and animal cell that are connected by dashed lines.

We have three dashed lines connecting structures from the plant cell (left) to the animal cell (right). We need to identify which organelles or parts correspond to each other.

Looking at the diagram:

1. Top dashed line:
- In the plant cell, it points to a small oval structure with internal folds — this is likely a mitochondrion.
- In the animal cell, the same line points to a similar small oval structure — also a mitochondrion.
→ So, top line = mitochondria in both cells.

2. Middle dashed line:
- In the plant cell, it points to the large central vacuole (the big empty-looking space).
- But wait — in the animal cell, the middle line points to the nucleus (the large round structure with dots inside).
→ That doesn’t match! Let’s double-check.

Actually, looking again:

In the plant cell:
- The top pointer goes to a small organelle near the nucleus — probably a mitochondrion.
- The middle pointer goes to the nucleus (the round thing with speckles).
- The bottom pointer goes to the cell membrane (just inside the cell wall).

In the animal cell:
- Top pointer → small organelle → mitochondrion
- Middle pointer → large round structure → nucleus
- Bottom pointer → outer boundary → cell membrane

So actually:

✔ Top line: Mitochondrion ↔ Mitochondrion
✔ Middle line: Nucleus ↔ Nucleus
✔ Bottom line: Cell membrane ↔ Cell membrane

Wait — but in the plant cell, the bottom pointer is pointing to the inner boundary (cell membrane), not the cell wall. Yes, because the cell wall is the thick outer layer, and the line is just inside it — so it’s the cell membrane.

Also, note: Plant cells have a cell wall, but animal cells do not. So the bottom line cannot be matching cell wall to anything — it must be cell membrane to cell membrane.

Therefore, all three matched pairs are:

1. Mitochondria
2. Nucleus
3. Cell membrane

But let’s make sure about the labels.

Sometimes diagrams label:

- The large central vacuole in plant cells — but here, the middle pointer in the plant cell is clearly on the nucleus (it has the same dotted pattern as the animal cell’s nucleus).

Yes — in the plant cell, the nucleus is pushed to the side by the vacuole, but it’s still there and labeled by the middle line.

So final matching:

→ Top: Mitochondria
→ Middle: Nucleus
→ Bottom: Cell membrane

Now, since the question didn’t ask for names explicitly, but the task is implied to be matching corresponding parts, we can list them.

But perhaps the student is expected to write what each pair represents.

Since no specific question was written in text, but based on standard biology homework, this diagram is used to show homologous structures between plant and animal cells.

So the correct matches are:

- The top dashed line connects mitochondria in both cells.
- The middle dashed line connects the nucleus in both cells.
- The bottom dashed line connects the cell membrane in both cells.

Note: The plant cell also has a cell wall and chloroplasts and a large vacuole — but those are NOT connected to anything in the animal cell, which makes sense because animal cells don’t have them.

So our answer should reflect the three matched pairs.

Final Answer:

The dashed lines connect these corresponding parts:

1. Mitochondria (in both cells)
2. Nucleus (in both cells)
3. Cell membrane (in both cells)