Cells Flashcards
Describe the Endoplasmic Reticulum.
Produces proteins, and transports them.
What is a choloroplast.
It converts sunlight into energy, and only found in plants.
What is the Golgi Apparatus?
Sorts and repackages molecules.
What are guard cells?
Found around the stomata, and control how much gas and water enter.
What is the mitrochondria?
It is the power plant of the cell. Produces all the energy needed.
What is an organelle?
It is an specialized part of the cell, designed to do a certain task.
What are Phosphlipids?
They are what makes up the membrane of the cell. Are composed of fatty compounds.
What is the stomata?
It is a hole on the underside of a leaf to let in gases.
What are vacuoles?
They are the storage place in cells for minerals are other things .
What is an organ?
It is multiple specialized tissues to perform a certain function.
What is photosynthesis?
The process in which plants take in light and make energy from it