Cells: Plant and Animal Organelles

The Endoplasmic Reticulum functions to:

• transport materials

• make ribosomes

• destroy foreign materials

• package proteins

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle is responsible for the production of proteins within the cell?

• lysosome

• vacuole

• ribosome

• golgi complex (apparatus)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

This structure gives the organelle its shape and surrounds and protects the PLANT cell?

• golgi complex (apparatus)

• vacuole

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Name the organelle that breaks down food molecules to make ATP (energy):

• chloroplasts

• ribosomes

• mitochondria

• lysosomes

This organelle is responsible for destroying worn-out cell parts?

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

• lysosome

DNA is located here, and this organelle is considered the control center of the cell

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• chloroplast

Which organelle stores food, water, and other materials?

• vacuole

• lysosome

• golgi complex (apparatus)

• cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Considered the "cell security system" and controls what enters and leaves the cell

• golgi complex

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

• cell wall

This organelle functions to package and deliver proteins

• lysosome

• mitochondria

• endoplasmic reticulum

• golgi complex (apparatus)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle captures energy from the sunlight to make food (ex: photosynthesis)

• vacuole

• chloroplast

• lysosome

• ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6