Cell Parts and Functions

Question 1

Vacuole

Answer 1

Stores nutrients and waste products.

Question 2

Chloroplast

Answer 2

Site where photosynthesis happens.

Question 3

Golgi Apparatus

Answer 3

Sorts, modifies, and packages vesicles for delivery to other organelles.

Question 4

Mitochondria

Answer 4

Site where cellular respiration happens.

Question 5

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Answer 5

Compartmentalizes the cytoplasm/cytosol. There are 2 types. One with ribosomes (rough ER) and one without (smooth ER).

Question 6

DNA

Answer 6

Deoxyribonucleic acid; contains genetic information the “blueprint for life”.

Question 7

Nucleus

Answer 7

The control center of the cell, contains genetic information.

Question 8

Cytoplasm

Answer 8

Semi-fluid material surrounding organelles.

Question 9

Cytoskeleton

Answer 9

Network of hollow tubes that provide shape and internal organisation.

Question 10

Organelle

Answer 10

A tiny organ with a specific job/function in a cell.

Question 11

Prokaryote Only

Answer 11

DNA in strand form, capsule.

Question 12

Animal Only

Answer 12

Lysosomes, centrioles, vacuole (movement).

Question 13

Plant Only

Answer 13

Chloroplast, cell wall, vacuole (storage).

Question 14

Centrioles

Answer 14

Duplicate prior to mitosis and produce the spindle apparatus during cell division.

Question 15

Ribosomes

Answer 15

Site where proteins are made.

Question 16

Cell Wall

Answer 16

Provides rigidity to plant cells allowing turgor pressure to develop.

Question 17

Plasma Membrane

Answer 17

The semi-fluid boundary controlling what passes in and out of the cell.

Question 18

Lysosomes

Answer 18

Site of digestion within a cell.

Question 19

Prokaryote Cell

Answer 19

Has DNA strands therefore lacks a nucleus and a membrane-enclosed organelles. Smallest and simplest cells.

Question 20

Eukaryote Cell

Answer 20

Has membrane-enclosed organelles therefore has a nucleus for genetic information. Most complex and larger cell.