Organelle Functions

The basic unit of structure and function of all living things

• atoms

• molecules

• cells

• elements

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

thin, flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell.

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell.

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• mitochondria

• Golgi Body

An organelle found in plant and algae cells, where photosynthesis occurs

• Golgi Body

• Smooth ER

• Chloroplasts

• Ribosomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Stores materials such as water, salts, proteins and carbohydrates; Much larger in a plant cell.

• Nucleus

• Vacoule

• Lysosomes

• Smooth ER

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Stack of membranes in the cell the modifies, sorts and packages proteins from the ER.

• Smooth ER

• Rough ER

• Lysosomes

• Golgi Body

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Powerhouse of the cell, where ATP (energy) is produced

• Mitochondria

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Ribosomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Site of protein synthesis, attached to rough ER

• Vacuole

• Ribosomes

• Cell Wall

• Chloroplasts

Found inside the nucleus and produces ribosomes.

• DNA

• Nucleolus

• RNA

• Chromosomes

A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which organelles are suspended

• Cytoplasm

• Golgi Body

• ER

• Vacuole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2