Cell Organelles & Their Functions

Question 1

cell wall

Answer 1

structure
support
protection

Question 2

cell membrane

Answer 2

support
protection
controls movement of material in and out of cell
barrier between cell and its environment

Question 3

nuclear membrane

Answer 3

controls movement of materials in and out of nucleus

Question 4

nucleolus

Answer 4

makes ribosomes

Question 5

cytoplasm

Answer 5

supports and protects cell organelles

Question 6

endoplasmic reticulum

Answer 6

carries materials through cell

aids in making protein

Question 7

ribosome

Answer 7

site of protein synthesis

Question 8

mitochondion

Answer 8

makes ATP for the cell
site of aerobic cellular respiration
takes in oxygen and glucose and releases CO2, H2O, and ATP

Question 9

vacuole

Answer 9

store food, water, metabolic and toxic waste

store large amounts of food or sugar in plants

Question 10

lysosome

Answer 10

breaks down larger food molecules into small ones
digests old cell parts and foreign invaders
contain powerful enzymes that can destroy a cell “apoptosis”

Question 11

chloroplast

Answer 11

responsible for photosynthesis

Question 12

golgi apparatus

Answer 12

labeling, sorting, and packaging chemicals (proteins) and releasing them from the cells

Question 13

cilia

Answer 13

movement in the cell

Question 14

flagellum

Answer 14

movement in the cell

Question 15

centrioles

Answer 15

separate chromosome pairs during mitosis

Question 16

cytoskeleton

Answer 16

strengthen cell and maintain shape

move organelles within cell

Question 17

vesicle

Answer 17

cellular package containing products such as protein