Name that Plant Organelle
Even plants need a bouncer at the door — I decide what enters and exits the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
Wrapped in a double membrane, I act as the cell’s command center, directing activities with stored genetic instructions.
Surrounded by a double membrane, this organelle converts chemical energy from food into ATP through respiration.
What is the mitochondrion?
I’m what you peer through to see tiny worlds — the closer you look, the more details appear.
What is the eyepiece?
My DNA floats freely in the cytoplasm. Eukaryotes don’t work like this — who am I?
What is a prokaryote?
Plants get a two-for-one energy deal: mitochondria and me, for photosynthesis.
What are chloroplasts?
I’m ribosome-free, but don’t underestimate me — I detoxify poisons, build lipids, and stash calcium.
What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
I’m the opening act in respiration — splitting glucose in the cytoplasm into two pyruvates and a little ATP.
What is glycolysis?
I’m the set of lenses near the specimen doing most of the magnifying work — switch me to zoom in or out.
What is the objective lens?
This central tenet of biology states that all living things are composed of cells.
What is cell theory?
Some say I’m the Amazon warehouse of the cell—I sort, package, and ship proteins where they need to go.
What is the Golgi apparatus?
I’m the cell’s clean-up crew — full of digestive enzymes that recycle old parts and macromolecules.
What are lysosomes?
I’m a high-energy relay race across the inner mitochondrial membrane — electrons run the course, and protons pile up.
What is the electron transport chain?
I move the stage with precision so tiny details come into sharp focus — no sudden jumps here!
What is the fine focus?
I’m a mobile eukaryotic cell with lysosomes for digestion, centrioles for division, and no rigid outer wall.
What is an animal cell?
I’m a little “factory within a factory”, where ribosome parts are built before heading out.
What is the nucleus?
I may be “rough around the edges,” but that’s just because I’m studded with ribosomes making proteins.
What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum?
This cycle inside the mitochondrial matrix generates NADH and FADH₂ by breaking down acetyl-CoA.
What is the Krebs cycle (or citric acid cycle)?
I spin around like a tiny carousel, letting you switch between objective lenses in a flash.
What is the nosepiece?
This principle of cell theory explains that new cells arise only from these, not spontaneously.
What are pre-existing cells?
I’m dynamic and hollow. In plant cells, I guide organelle movement and form the tracks for vesicle transport.
What are microtubules?
I’m found in pairs near the nucleus of animal cells, and I help pull the strings during cell division.
What are centrioles?
This molecule carries electrons from glycolysis and the Krebs cycle to the electron transport chain.
What is NADH?
I’m the hollow tube that keeps the eyepiece and objective lenses perfectly aligned — a straight path for your view.
What is a body tube?
Animal cells have me, but plant cells usually do not — they rely on their large central vacuole instead. What am I?
What is a lysosome?