Plant Cell Parts

Question 1

Chloroplast

Answer 1

a type of pigmented plastid, converts light into chemical energy

Question 2

Granum

Answer 2

inside chloroplasts, made of stacks of thylakoids, contain the green pigment chlorophyll

Question 3

Ribosomes

Answer 3

in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, contains proteins and rna, lines up amino acids to make proteins, usually found on ER

Question 4

Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Answer 4

transports compounds around the cell and maintain the cell’s shape, studded with ribosomes and proteins made by ribosomes

Question 5

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

Answer 5

transports compounds around the cell’s shape, processes fats and breaks down toxic substances in liver cells

Question 6

Central vacuole

Answer 6

stores waters, salts, sugars, and proteins, maintains turbot pressure, the water inside the central vacuole that keeps the cell rigid

Question 7

Leucoplast

Answer 7

a type of colorless plastid, stores starches, lipids, and proteins

Question 8

a type of colorless plastid, stores starches, lipids, and proteins

Answer 8

provides strength and rigidity to the cell, contains pores so that materials can pass through it