Cells and organelles

Select all of the organelles found in plant cells, but not animal cells

• Cell wall

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

• Large central vacuole

Which organelle is responsible for taking glucose from food and using it to make ATP, the cellular energy currency?

• Chloroplast

• Cytoplasm

• Mitochondria

• Golgi apparatus

What is the main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

• Prokaryotic cells are new, eukaryotic are old

• Eukaryotic cells are animal, prokaryotic cells are plant

• Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus, prokaryotic cells do not

• Prokaryotic cells have a wall, eukaryotic cells do not

Which organelle packages things and ships them out of the cell?

• Nucleus

• Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Golgi Apparatus

Select every structure that you would find in BOTH prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

• Outer membrane

• Mitochondria

• Cytoplasm

• Ribosomes

If a cell produces a lot of melanin, the protein that gives skin its color, it probably has a large

• Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

• Rough endoplasmic reticulum

• Chloroplast

• Cell Membrane

What part of the cell receives genetic info from the nucleus and uses it to make proteins?

• Mitochondria

• Lysosome

• Golgi Apparatus

• Ribosomes

Proteins called enzymes that destroy large waste molecules are found in what organelle?

• Lysosomes

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

• Golgi Apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Some cells, like muscle cells, contain more mitochondria than others. Why do they have more of this organelle?

• they use more energy

• they store more nutrients

• they destroy more proteins

• they divide more often

A cell that synthesizes many lipids likely has an extensive

• golgi apparatus

• rough endoplasmic reticulum

• smooth endoplasmic reticulum

• cytoplasm