General
Organelle Functions
Organelle Functions
Organelle Functions
Organelle Functions
100

What are the two types of cells?

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic

100

Which organelle controls all cell functions?

Nucleus

100

Which organelle provides energy to the cell?

Mitochondria

100

Which organelle supports, protects, and provides shape to a plant cell?

Cell wall

200

What is an example of a prokaryotic cell?

Bacteria

200

Which cell organelle stores water, waste, and nutrients and provides structure?

Vacuole

200

Which organelle transports proteins and lipids throughout the cell?

golgi vesicles

200

Which organelle provides structure and holds and protects all the other organelles?

Cytoplasm
200

Which organelle modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and lipids?

Golgi body/apparatus

300

What are the two examples of eukaryotic cells?

Plant and animal cells

300

Which organelle controls what enters and exits the cell?

Cell membrane

300

Which organelle synthesizes proteins and translates mRNA to amino acids?

Ribosomes

300

Which organelle synthesizes and stores starch and converts energy to chloroplasts?

Amyloplasts

300

Which organelle is like a garbage disposal (most plant cells DO NOT HAVE)

Lysosomes

400

What are the 3 differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

Pro = smaller, simpler, no nucleus

Eu = larger, complex, have a nucleus

400

Which organelle is responsible for organelle movement?

Microtubules

400

Which organelle is the site of photosynthesis?

Chloroplasts

400

Which organelle builds ribosome parts and sends them to cytoplasm to make ribosomes?

Nucleolus

400

Which organelle is responsible for cell shape and cell division?

Cytoskeleton

500
What is the trick for remembering the difference between the two types of cells?

Eukaryotic = "you"

500

Which organelle is responsible for lipid synthesis, steroid production, and detoxification of drugs and poisons?

Smooth ER

500

Which organelle is responsible for photo respiration 

(detoxifying plants/animals)?

Peroxisomes

500

Which organelle is responsible for protein synthesis and modification?

Rough ER

500

What does ER stand for? 

Endoplasmic reticulum

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