Organelle Functions Flashcards
1
Q
Cell Membrane
A
- Controls what enters and leaves the cell
City limits
Both
2
Q
Cell Wall
A
- Protect
- Maintain shape
- Rigid, tough
- Support
Fence
Plant
3
Q
Centrioles
A
- Appear during cell division
- Helps to pull chromosome pairs apart to opposite ends of the cell
- Produces spindle fibres during mitosis
Animal
4
Q
Chloroplasts
A
- Converts energy from the sun into chemical energy (photosynthesis!)
- ONLY in plants and some protists
Plant
5
Q
Chromatin
A
- Packages DNA into a unit cabable of fitting withing the tight space of the nucleus
Both
6
Q
Cytoplasm
A
- Provides a solution for chemical reactions to take place in
- Holds organelles in place
Environment
Both
7
Q
Endoplasmic Reticulum
A
- Moves supplies from one part of the cell to another (golgi body)
- Detoxifies the cell
Highway/roads
Both
8
Q
Golgi Bodies
A
- Processes, sorts and ships proteins
- One side recives vesicles
- One side ships to plasma membrane or become lysosomes
Post office/UPS
Both
9
Q
Mitochondria
A
- Cite of cellular respiration (makes ATP)
- Powerhouse of the cell
- Energy
Power plant
Both
10
Q
Nucleolus
A
- Makes ribosomes
Mothers of the factory workers
Both
11
Q
Nucleus
A
- Controls the normal activities of the cell
- Contains chromatin
City hall, principal’s office
Both
12
Q
Ribosomes
A
- Make proteins using amino acids
- Process called translation
Factories and workers
Both
13
Q
Vacuoles
A
- Stores mostly water but also waste and nutrients
- Helps with the structure of a plant cell
- Maintains turgor pressure
Both
14
Q
Lysosomes
A
- Recycle and waste disposal
Recycling plant or waste management
Both
15
Q
Prokayote cells
A
- Unicellular
- Divided into BACTERIA and ARCHAEA
- MOST have cell walls
- NO nucleus
- NO membrane-bound organelles
- Small
