Term | Definition |
cell wall
-brick wall | -protects , shapes , and supports
-only in plant cells |
cell membrane
-gate or bouncer | -regulates substances entering and exiting cells
-separates cells
-provides support
-in both animal and plant cells |
nucleus
-boss | -control center
-directs cell's activities
-in both animal and plant cells |
nucleus membrane
-brain | -protects the nucleus
-controls what goes in and out of the nucleus
-in both animal and plant cells |
chromosomes
-cookbook | -controls instructions
-in both animal and plant cells |
nucleolus
-mommy | -produce ribosomes
-in both plant and animal cells |
cytoplasm
-jello | -moves and holds all the organelles
-in both animal and plant cells |
chloroplast
-money cell | -captures suns energy to produce sugar (glucose)
-sight of photosynthesis
-in plant cells |
mitochondrion
-nucleus power source/plant | -breaks down food into chemical energy (ATP)
-site of most energy production/power source
-in both animal and plant cells |
ribosomes | -synthesizes (makes) protein
-in both plant and animal cells |
endoplasmic reticulum
-Collins Hill Road | -part of delivery system
-smooth ER: makes lipids; breaks down toxins
-rough ER: houses ribosomes
-in both plant and animal cells |
Golgi apparatus
-Fed-x | -receives proteins & lipids
-modifies, sorts, & packages proteins and lipids from the ER
-in both plant and animal cells |
vacuoles
-storage bin | -storage of water, salts, proteins, food, & waste product
-in both plant and animal cells |
vesicles
-U-Haul truck | -stores & moves materials between organelles
-moves materials out of cells
-in both plant an animal cells |
lysosomes
-trash can | -breaks down old/damaged organelles
-gets rid of waste
-protects from foreign invaders
-in animal cells only |
cytoskeleton
-turtles | -give cells its shape
-prevents it from collapsing
-moves organelles within cytoplasm
-in both plant and animal cells |
centrioles
-filing cabinet | -helps organize cell division
-in animal cells only |