Cell Organelles
What is Nucleus
What is Mitochondria
The organelle where photosynthesis occurs, allowing plants to change sunlight into chemical energy
What is Chloroplast
The first phase of mitosis in which the DNA coils into chromosomes and the nuclear envelope disappears
What is prophase
What is prokaryotic cell
A thick fluid that is composed mainly of water that fills the cell and is enclosed by the cell membrane
What is Cytoplasm
Modifies and packages molecules into a vesicle that are transported around the cell or secreted outside the cell
What is golgi apparatus (or golgi body)
Protein builders that can be free-floating or can be attached to the rough endoplasmic reticulum
What are ribosomes
The last stage of DNA where the spindles disappear and the nuclear envelope forms around the daughter chromosomes
What is Telophase
What are animal cells
A protective layer outside the cell membrane that provides shape and support to plant cells
What is cell wall
Membrane-bound compartments that store water, salts, proteins, and other material needed by cells
What is vacuole
The phospholipid bilayer that provides protection and support, as well as controls what goes in and out of the cell
What is cell membrane
The phase after mitosis in which the cell pinches off and forms two new daughter cells
The molecule that allows vesicles to "walk" on microtubules
What is kinesin
What is Lysosome
Made of protein strands called microtubules and aids in cell division
What are Centrioles
Studded with ribosomes, this organelle ins involved in protein production, protein folding, and export to other parts of the cell
What is Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (Rough ER)
The second stage of mitosis where the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers and line up in a specific line in the middle
What is metaphase
A structure that is found in a plant cell but not an animal cell
What is cell wall OR chloroplasts OR plastid
What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum (Smooth ER)
Actin, microtubules, and microfilaments that aids in giving the cell its structure
What is cytoskeleton
Found inside the nucleus, this organelle contains RNA and synthesizes ribosomes
What is nucleolus
The third stage of mitosis where chromosomes move away from one another to the opposite poles of the spindle
What is anaphase
The process called by which a stem cell turns into a cell with a specific purpose (ex. a skin cell or a heart cell)