Functions of organelles Flashcards

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How do plant cells differ from animal cells?

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Animal cells have centrioles, centrosomes, and lysosomes

Plant cells have cell walls, chloroplasts, large central vacuole, plastids

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Nucleus

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This is the control center of the cell.

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Chloroplast

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This is the site of photosynthesis in a plant cell.

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Lysosomes

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Protects the rest of the cell from its strong enzymes.

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Mitochondria

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Serves as the “powerhouse” of the cell.

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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Connects nuclear membrane to the cell membrane.

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Ribosomes

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Site for making proteins

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Nucleolus

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Part of the cell that manufactures ribosomes.

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Vacuoles

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Storage area inside the animal cell.

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Golgi Apparatus

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Area where proteins are sorted and packaged.

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Accounts for more than half the total membrane in a cell.

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Central Vacuole

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The large structure in plant cells is filled with water and creates turgor pressure.

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Cytoplasm

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A portion of the cell that exists outside of the nucleus

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Cell membrane

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Controls what enters and leaves the cell.

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Compare a mitochondria to a chloroplast. What do they do? What type of cell has them?

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They are both found in a plant cell
Chloroplasts: Site for photosynthesis in a plant cell.
Mitochondria: Generates energy for cell.

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