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Organelles in Plants

100

This organelle converts sunlight into usable energy for the cell

Chloroplasts

200

This plant structure is similar to, and sits outside of the cell membrane. What is this organelle called and what is its primary function?

The cell wall helps provide structure and support for the cell

300

This organelle is in both plants and animals, but it is MUCH larger in plants. It stores water (and sometimes waste or food) and in plants it fills with water, making the plant cell rigid

Vacuoles are present in both plants and animals, but much larger in plants

You wont find this INSIDE the cytoplasm

100

This structure separates the inside of the cell from the outside of the cell. It is SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE, which means it lets some things pass through it but not others.

Cell membrane (AKA plasma membrane)

200

This organelle does NOT reside in the cytoplasm, but it synthesizes (creates) ribosomes which DO sit in the cytoplasm

Nucleolus

300

This structure IS NOT sitting in the cytoplasm, and it holds DNA (the cells genetic material)?

Chromatin

Break it like a Polaroid Picture

100

This organelle is responsible for breaking down sugar into usable energy

Mitochondria

200

This organelle breaks down compounds into smaller components for the cell to use (or exctrete) but NOT for energy

Lysosome

300

The organelle that breaks down waste products comes from a larger organelle that can break off into smaller pieces. What is the name of this larger parent organelle?

Golgi Complex (AKA Golgi Apparatus)

Tubes and Tunnels

100

Which organelle acts like a Post Office and moves materials (generally proteins) around and outside of the cell?

Golgi Apparatus (AKA Golgi Complex)

200

What 2 fiber like components make up the cytoskeleton?

Microtubules and Microfilaments

300

Name 2 roles of the cytoskeleton

A. Helps a cell maintain its shape B. Helps a cell move along a surface C. Helps a cell move organelles and proteins throughout the cell

Genetic Material and the cell

100

The organelle that contains DNA (the information needed to make proteins) on Chromatin is known as the?

Nucleus

200

Proteins are produced by what organelle?

Ribosomes

300

If DNA were to mysteriously vanish from a cell, what would happen and why?

The cell would lose its structure and function because it needs DNA in order to create proteins, and proteins give the cell its structure and function.