Cell Organelles and Functions

Captures energy from the sunlight and uses it to produce food in plant cells

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Controls what comes into and out of the cell; found in plant and animal cells

• cell membrane

• chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Control center of the cell; contains DNA

• mitochondria

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• chromatin

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Ridged outer layer of a plant cell

• chloroplast

• cell membrane

• chlorophyll

• cell wall

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Uses chemicals to break down food and worn out cell parts

• lysosomes

• ribosomes

• ER

• Golgi Bodies

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its functions

• mitochondria

• ER

• Golgi bodies

• vacuoles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Stores food, water, wastes and other materials

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• vacuole

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Receives proteins and materials from the ER, packages them and distributes them

• Golgi bodies

• ribosomes

• cell wall

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What does the nucleus do?

• Breaks down food and waste

• Moves things around the cell

• Creates energy from food

• Controls everything and stores DNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What does the mitochondria do?

• Creates food from the Sun's energy

• Creates energy from food

• Moves things around the cell

• Holds everything together

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7