Plant and Animal Cells ONLY

What are the short, hair-like structures that project from some types of protists and help them swim from place to place?

Cilia

Ribosomes

These grain like bodies are found floating around the cytoplasm or attached to the endoplasmic reticulum; they produce proteins.

Chloroplasts

These organelles capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into starches and sugars in a process called photosynthesis. Only found in plant cells.

Golgi Bodies

These receive proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticuluum and distribute them to other parts of the cell. They also release materials from the cell.

Vacuoles

They store food and other materials needed by the cell. They can also hold waste products.

Cytoplasm

This is a jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended. It moves around inside the cell. Found inside the cell membrane and outside the nucleus.

Cell Membrane

This is a thin, flexible layer which controls what gets in and out. Found in both plants and animal cells.

Nuclear Membrane

This is the outermost layer of the nucleus that controls what goes in and comes out of the nucleus.

Cell Wall

This rigid layer of nonliving material (cellulose) is the outer most layer that surrounds the cell. Only found in plant cells. Helps support and protect the plant.

Which organelle contains the genetic material (DNA) in a eukaryotic cell?

the nucleus

Nucleolus

A small, round organelle where ribosomes are made. It is located in the nucleus.

What word do we use to describe an organism that can make its own food?

Autotroph (also known as a producer)

What word do we use to describe an organism that must eat other things to survive?

Heterotroph (also known as a consumer)

Which organelle in the cell is responsible for turning food into energy the cell can use?

Mitochondria

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Passageways that transports proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another. There are two types, smooth and rough. Rough has ribosomes on it. Smooth does not.

Mitochondria

The "powerhouses" of a cell, they produce energy from the sugars a cell takes in. Found in plants and animal cells. Normally, a cell has more than one.

Nucleus

The part of the cell that is regulating the activities of the cell. Contains chromosomes and the nucleolus.

Lysosomes

These are organelles filled with enzymes needed to break down certain materials in the cell.

What gas do chloroplasts need to make sugar?

carbon dioxide

Which organelle controls what moves into and out of the cell?

cell membrane

Which structure is responsible for protecting and giving support to plant cells?

cell wall

What two organelles do plant cells have but animal cells do not?

cell wall & chloroplasts

What organelle carries out photosynthesis?

chloroplasts

What do we call the strands of DNA found in the nucleus of cells?

chromosomes

What word do we use to describe cells that have a nucleus?

eukaryotic

Animal-like protists digest their food in what organelle?

food vacuoles

What is a scientific word which means "the act of moving from place to place"?

locomotion

What do we call the tiny structures that have specific jobs that are floating in the cytoplasm of cells?

organelles

What gas do mitochondria need to turn food into energy?

oxygen

Which cell process uses sunlight to make food and produce oxygen?

photosynthesis

Which cell process uses sugar to make energy for the cell and releases carbon dioxide?

respiration

Which organelle is responsible for storing water in both plant and animal cells?

vacuole