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Grade 8 Science
Parts of Plant and Animal Cells
Question | Answer |
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Endoplasmic reticulum | A folded organelle that makes proteins |
Vacuole | a large sac like organelle that stores excess food, waste and other substances |
Cytoplasm | Jelly like material that fills the cell and surrounds the organelles. Food and oxygen move through this to the organelles |
Chloroplasts | Found only in plant cells. membrane bound organelles that contain a green substance called chlorophyll |
Photosynthesis | uses the suns energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar (food) and oxygen |
Cell Wall | Only in plant cells. Rigid structure that surrounds cell membrane. Provides cell with strength and support. Materials pass in or out of the cell through pores |
ribosomes | Tiny organelles that help make proteins. There are many of these organelles in the cytoplasm. |
lysosomes | break down food and digest waste |
vacuoles in animal cells | sac-like organelles that store excess food, waste and other substances. Animals cells have several small ones |