cell structures Flashcards
Supports and strengthens cell
Cell wall
Controls what materials enter and leave the cell
Cell membrane
Fluid inside the cell membrane where many chemical reactions happen in fermentation
Cytoplasm
Site of aerobic respiration, most ATP is produced
Mitochodria
Site of photosynthesis sugar is produced
Chloroplast
Compartment in cell that stores water and helps keep cell turgid
Vacuole
Site of protein synthesis
Ribosomes
Small circular DNA molecules that contain genes
Plasmids
Compartment in the cell where DNA is stored as chromosomes
Nucleus
Only certain molecules can pass through
Selectively permeable
Any part of the cell found in the cytoplasm
Organelle
The chemical that makes makes up plant cell wall
Cellulose