Cell Basics
This controls what enters and leaves the cell
What is cell membrane?
This organelle is found only in plant cells and performs photosynthesis
What is chloroplast?
Known as the “powerhouse of the cell”
What is the mitochondria?
This organelle acts as the cell’s assembly line
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
I digest food and worn-out cell parts
What are lysosomes?
This jelly-like material holds organelles in place
What is cytoplasm?
This plant structure gives support and a box-like shape
What is the cell wall?
This organelle makes proteins
What are ribosomes?
Ribosomes attached to this type of ER give it its rough appearance
What is rough endoplasmic reticulum?
I capture sunlight to make glucose
What is the chloroplast?
This organelle contains DNA and controls the cell
What is the nucleus?
This large storage organelle helps plants stand upright
What is the central vacuole?
This process occurs in the mitochondria
What is cellular respiration?
This organelle packages and exports proteins
What is the Golgi apparatus?
I organize, package, and ship proteins
What is the Golgi apparatus?
This membrane surrounds the nucleus
What is the nuclear membrane ( nuclear envelope)?
This pressure inside plant cells keeps plants standing tall
What is turgid pressure?
This molecule is produces during cellular respiration and provides energy
What is ATP?
The Golgi packages proteins into these small sacs
What are vesicles?
I am covered with ribosomes and help transport proteins
What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
This structure contains the RNA used to help make proteins
What is the nucleolus?
Name three structures found in plant cells but not animal cells
What are the cell wall, chloroplasts, and large central vacuole?
This organelle digests and recycles waste
What are lysosomes?
This organelle stores food, water, and wastes
What is the vacuole?
I contain the genetic instructions for the cell
What is the nucleus?