Animal and Plant cells

Part 1

100

I am the green pigment in plant cells that is responsible for absorption of light. The light I collect provides energy for photosynthesis. Who am I?

chlorophyll

200

I am the recycling center of a cell. I am a round membrane-bound organelle found in the cytoplasm. I digest worn out cell parts to create products that can be used to make new proteins. Who am I?

lysosomes

300

I am the ATP producer of an eukaryotic cell. I am a rod-shaped organelle where food is broken down and released as energy in large quantities. Who am I?

mitochondria

400

I am the brain of the cell. I control and direct all the cell’s activities. I can be only be found in eukaryotic cells. I am the largest organelle and sit in the cytoplasm. Who am I?

nucleolus

500

I am like a delivery service inside a eukaryotic cell. I am comprised of folded stakes of membrane that make me look like a stack of pancakes. I am involved with packaging, intercellular transport, and secretion. Who am I?

golgi apparatus

Part 2

100

I am a rigid layer of cellulose that surrounds plant cells, fungi, and bacteria. I protect the cells by keep things in and out as well as giving it structure. Who am I?

cell wall

200

I am the conveyor belts INSIDE the cell. I move granules, vesicles, chromosomes, and other organelles around the cytoplasm inside the cell. Who am I?

microtubules

300

I am the outer boundary of a cell and gives it structure. I wrap the cell like a blanket. I am semipermeable and allow certain material in and out of the cell. Who am I?

cell membrane

400

I am 1 of the 2 “conveyor belts” attached to the nucleus responsible for moving things around inside the cell. I am the one not covered in proteins. Who am I?

smooth endoplasmic reticulum

500

I am like a backpack. I can store food, water, or waste. In a plant cell I am the only one. In an animal cell there are often multiple of me. Who am I?

vacuole

Part 3

100

I am a jelly-like substance that fills up plant cells and takes the same of the ridge shape as the plasma membrane. Who am I?

cytoplasm

200

We are the protein of a cell. There are many of us in a cell. When I am not loose in the cytoplasm, I can be found attach to the endoplasmic reticulum making it rough. Who are we?

ribosomes

300

We work as a manufacturer and packaging company in the cell. We are made of folded membrane attached to the nucleus. Our job is to synthesize proteins and collect them into bulk for another organelle. There are 2 types of us. Who are we?

golgi apparatus

400

I am the term used to describe organized specialized structures with- in plant and animal cells.

organelle

500

I am the smallest unit of life that is capable of performing functions. What am I?

cells