Organelles

Question 1

Cell Membrane

Answer 1

gate-keepers of the cell. Controlling what materials go in and out.

Question 2

Cell Wall

Answer 2

Found in plant cells. Stiff non-living material that helps support the cell.

Question 3

Mitochondria

Answer 3

Powerhouse of the cell. Converts food energy into useful chemical energy.

Question 4

Cytoplasm

Answer 4

gel-like fluid that suspends the organelles.

Question 5

Ribosomes

Answer 5

Protein producing factories. Can be attached to the rough ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum) or free in the cytoplasm

Question 6

Lysosomes

Answer 6

Digest food, old organelles, unwanted molecules, bacteria, cells, etc.

Question 7

Chloroplast

Answer 7

Found in plant cells only. Uses energy from the sun to make food (glucose).

Question 8

Nucleus

Answer 8

control center of the cell (brain cell), stores genetic information or DNA.

Question 9

Nucleolus

Answer 9

The place where the ribosomes begin to be assembled.

Question 10

Golgi Body

Answer 10

Modify, sort, and package molecules

Question 11

Vacuole

Answer 11

Storage for water, food, and wastes. Plants typically have one large one, animals may have many small ones.

Question 12

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

Answer 12

Passageways that move materials to the Golgi Body.