Parts of Animal Cell

The cell’s command center, sending directions to the cell to grow, mature, divide, or die

• ribosome

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• nucleolus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Is a network of long fibers that make up the cell’s structural framework

• Cytoskeleton

• nuclear membrane

• ribosome

• endoplasmic reticulm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Converts energy from food into a form that the cell can use.

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• nuclear membrane

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Creates rRNA needed to create ribosomes

• protoplasm

• nucleus

• nucleolus

• nuclear membrane

The outer lining of the cell that separates the cell from its environment.

• mitochondria

• nuclear membrane

• ribosome

• cell membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Protects the DNA and separates the nucleus from the rest of the cell.

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• nuclear membrane

• golgi apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Are organelles that create proteins.

• cytoskeleton

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• ribosome

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Jelly-like organelle where other organelles are embedded.

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• ribosome

• golgi apparatus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Packages molecules processed by the endoplasmic reticulum to be transported out of the cell

• golgi apparatus

• lysosome

• peroxisome

• endoplasmic reticulum

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Transports molecules to their specific destinations either inside or outside the cell.

• golgi apparatus

• nucleus

• endoplasmic reticulum

• cell membrane

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7