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Grade 8 Science
Parts of Plant and Animal Cells
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |