Plant Cells
This green organelle is responsible for capturing sunlight to perform photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
The endosymbiotic theory explains the origin of these two organelles in eukaryotic cells.
What is the chloroplast and mitochondria?
Animal cells are classified as this type of cell because they contain membrane-bound organelles and a nucleus.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
This organelle is studded with ribosomes and helps produce proteins, especially those for export.
What is the rough endoplasmic reticulum (rough ER)?
Unlike animal cells, plant cells have this rigid structure that provides support and shape.
What is the cell wall?
According to the theory, mitochondria originated when a larger cell engulfed a smaller cell capable of this process.
What is aerobic respiration?
Unlike plant cells, animal cells do not have this rigid outer structure.
What is a cell wall?
This organelle is involved in lipid synthesis and detoxification of drugs and poisons.
What is smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
This large, membrane-bound structure stores water, nutrients, and waste, and helps maintain turgor pressure.
What is the central vacuole?
One piece of evidence supporting endosymbiosis is that mitochondria and chloroplasts have this kind of genetic material.
Animal cells rely heavily on this organelle for breaking down waste and cellular debris.
What is the lysosome?
This organelle modifies proteins and lipids, then packages them into vesicles for delivery.
What is the golgi apparatus?
These two organelles are found in plant cells but not in animal cells.
What is the chloroplast and cell wall?
Both mitochondria and chloroplasts are enclosed by this number of membranes, which supports the engulfing theory.
What is a double membrane?
Animal cells contain this internal framework made of protein filaments that helps maintain shape and assist in movement.
What is the cytoskeleton?
This double-membraned organelle has an inner membrane called the cristae, where ATP is produced.
What is the mitochondria?
This process, which occurs in plant cells but not animal cells, converts light energy into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
Mitochondria and chloroplasts divide independently of the cell using this process, similar to how bacteria reproduce.
What is binary fission?
This organelle, found only in animal cells, plays a key role in organizing microtubules during cell division.
What is the centrosome?
This feature of eukaryotic cells allows membrane-bound organelles to carry out specialized functions without interfering with each other, increasing cellular efficiency.
What is compartmentalization?