Plants and Animals

Control center in the cell that directs all the cells activities

• Nucleus
• Rough ER
• Golgi Complex
• Chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organelle in the cell that stores water, waste and food. 

• Chloroplast
• Vacuole
• Ribosome
• Smooth ER

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organelle that goes through photosynthesis to make the plants food.  It contains the green pigment chlorophyll

• chloroplast
• Golgi comples
• Large central vacuole
• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Organelle that breaks down waste, worn out cell parts and food.

• lysosome
• ribosome
• rough ER
• cell membrane

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Protective barrier that surrounds all cell types that controls what enters and leaves the cell.

• nuclear membrane
• cytoplasm
• Cell wall 
• Cell membrane

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This is the organelle where energy is made during a process called cellular respiration.  It is often called the powerhouse of the cell.

• Golgi complex
• mitochondria
• chloroplast
• smooth ER

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle acts like a gatekeeper, allowing some materials to pass through it, but not others. 

• Cytoplasm
• Cell Membrane
• Mitochondria
• Vacuole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What structure is in plant cells but not animal cells?

• Cell Membrane
• Mitochondria
• Cell Wall
• Vacuole

This organelle breaks down waste, worn out cell parts and food.

• Lysosome

• Ribosome

• Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Cell membrane

This organelle provides communication between the nucleus and cytoplasm, it packages and moves materials, such as proteins and lipids around the cell. Choose the letter that labels this organelle on the diagram.

• D

• E

• F

• G

• H

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2