Cell Parts

Question 1

Cell Membrane

Answer 1

Made of phospholipid bi-layer, separates cell from environment

Question 2

Cytoplasm

Answer 2

A gel like substance that fills the cell

Question 3

Nucleus

Answer 3

Contains chromosomes where genetic material is made, copies DNA and transcribes RNA

Question 4

Nuclear membrane

Answer 4

Surrounds nucleus and has pores that lets things in and out

Question 5

Nucleolus

Answer 5

Area in the nucleus that makes ribosomes

Question 6

Ribosomes

Answer 6

Makes proteins

Question 7

Rough ER

Answer 7

Packages proteins and transports them inside the cell

Question 8

Smooth ER

Answer 8

No ribosomes on it, packaging system for cell

Question 9

Golgi Apparatus

Answer 9

Processing plant for proteins made in the ER

Question 10

Lysosome

Answer 10

Digests foreign material, or old/broken down organelles

Question 11

Mitochondria

Answer 11

Powerhouse of cell and makes ATP (energy)

Question 12

Cytoskeleton

Answer 12

Provide structure for the cell

Question 13

Centriole

Answer 13

Only animal cell, cell reproduction

Question 14

Cilium

Answer 14

Hair like lining only in certain cells

Question 15

Flagella

Answer 15

Movement for the cell

Question 16

Vacuole

Answer 16

Water storage in the plant cell (animal cells have many small ones)

Question 17

Chloroplast

Answer 17

Only plant cells, and the site of photosynthesis