Cell Organelles

What organelle is called the "powerhouse" of a cell?

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• cell wall

• cell membrane

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Looking in a microscope, you see cells that have rectangular shapes and a green color. What type of cells are you probably viewing?

• plant cells

• animals cells

• muscle cells

• blood cells

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Produces energy in the form of ATP for the cell.

• chloroplast
• mitochondria
• ribosome 
• nucleus

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Selectively permeable barrier that controls what enters and leaves the cell.

• cell membrane
• cell wall
• cytoskeleton
• rough ER

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Site of photosynthesis.  Gives plants their green color.

• mitochondria
• ribosome
• chloroplast
• nucleus

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Controls cell functions because DNA is stored here.

• nucleus
• nucleolus
• ribosome
• cholorplast

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Transports materials throughout the cell.  Acts as an assembly line for proteins.

• endoplasmic reticulum
• vacuole
• nucleus
• ribosome

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Contains digestive enzymes to break down worn out parts of the cell.

• vacuole
• lysosome
• ribosome
• nucleolus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which 2 organelles are only found in plant cells?

• chloroplast and mitochondria
• chloroplast and cell membrane
• mitochondria and cell wall
• chloroplast and cell wall

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This organelle is a rigid outer layer that protects plant cells.

• Cell Membrane
• Cell Wall
• Nucleus
• Chloroplast 

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