Organelles
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell"
What is a mitochondrion?
Unlike prokaryotes, eukaryotic cells store their DNA inside this membrane-bound structure.
What is the nucleus?
Many prokaryotes have this rigid outer layer made of peptidoglycan that helps maintain shape and protect the cell.
What is a cell wall?
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What is Home Alone?
This organelle has ribosomes attached and helps fold and modify proteins.
What is the Rough ER?
These membrane-bound sacs act as the cell’s shipping containers, transporting proteins from the ER to the Golgi apparatus.
What are vesicles?
Some prokaryotes move using these long, whip-like appendages that rotate like tiny propellers.
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What is a flagellum?
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What is mistletoe?
This organelle provides structure and protection for plant, fungal, and some bacterial cells, but is not found in animal cells.
Eukaryotic cells contain these specialized membrane-bound structures, such as lysosomes, that perform dedicated tasks
What are organelles?
Unlike eukaryotes, prokaryotes do not have this internal feature composed of organelles.
What are membrane-bound organelles?
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What is "All I Want for Christmas is You?"
This organelle modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other molecules for transport inside or outside the cell
What is the Golgi Apparatus?
These double-membrane organelles produce most of a cell’s ATP and are absent in prokaryotes
What are mitochondria?
Eukaryotes divide using mitosis, but prokaryotes reproduce using this simpler form of cell division
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What is Germany?
This organelle contains digestive enzymes that break down old cell parts, waste, and toxins
What is a lysosome?
This extensive network of folded membranes—rough and smooth—helps synthesize proteins and lipids, a feature not found in prokaryotes.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
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Who is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?