Organelle Functions
Cells as a System
Plant vs. Animal Cells
Mystery Bag!
C'mon, gimme a challenge!
100
This organelle creates energy, and is frequently called the "powerhouse of the cell."
Mitochondria
100
This gas is passed from the mitochondria to the chloroplast
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
100
Is this picture of a plant or animal cell?
Animal cell
100
Which is larger: a cell, or an organelle?
An cell
100
This organelle is found in both plant and animal cells, but is much larger in plant cells. It is used to store water.
Vacuole (or central vacuole)
200
This organelle contains genetic information, or DNA, of the cell.
Nucleus
200
These two organelles work together in a plant cell to turn sunlight into energy (MUST LIST BOTH!)
Mitochondria and Chloroplast
200
This organelle surrounds both plant and animal cells
Cell Membrane
200
This process is when light and carbon dioxide are turned into sugar
Photosynthesis
200
These are the 'building blocks' of proteins
Amino acids
300
This organelle uses sunlight to create sugar for plant cells.
Chloroplast
300
These two substances are passed from the chloroplast to the mitochondria (MUST LIST BOTH!)
Sugar and oxygen (O2)
300
This organelle is found only in plant cells, but is not present in all plant cells.
Chloroplast
300
This term describes a balance that all living things/cells need to maintain.
Homeostasis
300
This molecule is used by the nucleus to communicate with other organelles
RNA (or mRNA)
400
This organelle could protect cells from things like viruses or bacteria.
Cell Membrane
400
Without this organelle, the chloroplast might make more or less sugar than is needed by the mitochondria.
Nucleus
400
This substance is required by the chloroplast, made by the mitochondria, and is not a gas
Water
400
This substance is found within chloroplasts, and helps photosynthesis to occur.
Chlorophyll
400
This process describes the movement of water from areas of low to high solute concentration
Osmosis
500
This organelle prevents certain cells from collapsing due to the weight of the organism that they make up.
Cell wall
500
This organelle would decide substances that need to be let into or out of a cell at a given time
Nucleus (the cell membrane is is what actually controls this process, but the nucleus decides what the cell membrane must let in or out)
500
This is an area of a plant in which we would not find chloroplasts
Roots
500
Methyl blue binds (attaches) specifically to this organelle
The nucleus
500
This process describes the creation of amino acid chains based on genetic material from the nucleus
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