Question | Answer |
Organelles | Organelles are smaller structures inside a cell. Organelles carry out specific functions inside the cell. |
Cell Wall | The cell wall is a rigid layer of non-living materials that surrounds the cell of plants and some other organisms. A plant's cell wall helps protect and support the cell. |
Cell Membrane | The cell membrane controls what substances come into and out of the cell. The cell membrane is another barrier along with the cell wall. |
Cell nucleus | The cell nucleus acts as the brain of the cell. It is the control center of the cell and directs all of the cell's activities. |
Cytoplasm | The cytoplasm is the region between the cell membrane and the nucleus. It is like a clear, thick gel-like fluid. |
Mitochondria | Mitochondria are the power houses of the cell because they convert energy from food molecules to energy that the cell can use to carry out it's functions. |
Endoplasmic Reticulum | Endoplasmic reticulum's passageways carry protein and other materials from one part of the cell to another. |
Ribosomes | Ribosomes are attached to some surfaces of endoplasmic reticulum's or float around in the cytoplasm. Ribosomes factories produce proteins. |
Golgi Body | The Golgi body receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticulum, package them, and distribute them to other parts of the cell. |
Chloroplast | Chloroplasts can be found only in plant cell's cytoplasm. Chloroplasts capture energy from the sun and use it to produce food for the cell. |
Vacuole | Vacuoles are found in the cytoplasm and are the storage units of the cell. |
Lysosomes | Lysosomes are small, round, structures containing chemicals that break down certain materials in the cell. |
Name two different ways that bacterial cells are different than plant and animal cells. | Bacterial cells do not have a nucleus and are smaller than plant and animal cells. |