Cell Organelle Riddle Worksheet

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. I store the cell’s instruction manual and keep the DNA safe — I’m the command center.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. I’m the cell’s power station, making most of the ATP that the cell uses.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. Tiny factories — I read messenger RNA and build proteins one amino acid at a time.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. A network of tubes and sacs; if I’m “rough” I wear ribosomes like freckles.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. I’m the sorting, modifying and shipping department — packing proteins into little vesicles.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. Little recycling / stomach sacs — I digest worn‑out parts and invading particles.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. Jelly‑like fluid that fills the cell and holds organelles in place.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. A big storage bubble in plant cells (and sometimes in animal cells) — holds water, food, waste.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. I trap sunlight and make sugars in plant cells — photosynthesis happens here.

Read each riddle and write the organelle it describes. I’m the thin boundary that controls what enters and leaves every cell.