Animal Cell Function

An organelle is...

• a tiny organ with a membrane that carries out functions

• a part of the nucleus

• an organ in your body

• part of the cell membrane

What organelle converts food into energy for the cell to use?

• Chloroplast

• Lysosome

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

What parts are NOT in an animal cell?

• Chloroplasts

• Cell Wall

• Centrioles

• Large Central Vacuole

What organelle breaks down waste?

• Vacuole

• Lysosome

• Mitochondria

• Golgi Body

What is the function of the endoplasmic reticulum?

• To digest old cell parts

• To help form spindle fibers

• To carry out protein and lipid synthesis

• Makes protein

The Golgi body...

• carries out protein synthesis

• combines proteins with DNA

• control the cell

• modifies and packages protein molecules for transport

What do ribosomes do?

• Produce proteins

• Give cell its shape

• Store water

• Digest waste and food

Animal cells are prokaryotic.

• True

• False

Animal cells are eukaryotic.

• False

• True

What is the function of the cytoskeleton?

• To store food in the cell

• To make proteins

• To support the cell and provide the structure

• To make food