Organelles - functions

This organelle is responsible for controlling what goes in and out of the cell.

• cell wall

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• mitochondria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle is responsible for holding everything in place and providing a solution for chemical reactions to take place.

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle is responsible for protecting the DNA that controls activities of the cell

• nucleus

• cell membrane

• mitochondria

• ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle is responsible for making rRNA which makes up ribosomes.

• cell membrane

• nucleolus

• mitochondria

• ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle is responsible for making proteins in a process called translation.

• ribosome

• mitochondria

• golgi bodies

• endoplasmic reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle is responsible for breaking down dead stuff (food, bacteria, old parts of the cell, etc.)

• ribosome

• golgi bodies

• lysosome

• mitochondria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle is the location of cellular respiration and breaking down food to release energy as ATP.

• mitochondria

• ribosome

• golgi bodies

• endoplasmic reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

This organelle is the location where photosynthesis takes place.

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

• ribosome

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

This organelle is responsible for protecting and maintaining the cell's shape.

• ribosome

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle is responsible for the temporary storage of material within the cytoplasm.

• cytoplasm

• vacuole

• nucleus

• lysosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2