Cell Functions

Question 1

Cell membrane

Answer 1

Regulates the movement of molecules in and out of the cell.

Question 2

Cytoplasm

Answer 2

Is the area of the protoplasm outside of the nucleus where nutrients are absorbed

Question 3

Nucleus

Answer 3

Is the control Center for the cell and contains hereditary information

Question 4

Nucleolus

Answer 4

Is a small spherical structure located inside the nucleus

Question 5

Cell wall

Answer 5

Protect and support plant cell, pass gases, water, and some minerals through small pores

Question 6

Vacuole

Answer 6

Fluid-filled spaces that store sugars, minerals, and proteins in the cyto of cells

Question 7

Mitochondria

Answer 7

Organelles that provide cells with needed energy, and are the Centers of the cell respiration

Question 8

Ribosomes

Answer 8

The site of protein synthesis in the cell (organize and build proteins for the body)

Question 9

Endoplasmuc reticulum (ER)

Answer 9

A series of canals that carry material throughout the cytoplasm, which often transport the proteins made by the ribosomes

Question 10

Golgi apparatus (Golgi body)

Answer 10

An organelle that packs and stores protein molecules

Question 11

Lysosomes

Answer 11

Sac like structures that break down large molecules and which can digest the cell that houses them

Question 12

Plastids

Answer 12

These organelles function as factories for the production of sugars or as storehouses for starch and some pigments

Question 13

Chloroplast

Answer 13

Contain chlorophyll, which is used in photosynthesis

Question 14

Chromoplasts

Answer 14

Stores the orange and yellow pigments

Question 15

Amyloplasts (leucoplasts)

Answer 15

Colorless plastids that’s store starch