Functions of Organelles Flashcards
Plasma Membrane (job & location(plant&animal))

Regulates movement of substances in and out of the cell and uses receptor molecules to respond to chemicals.
Plant: Behind cell wall
Animal: Surface of cell
Nucleus (job)

Contains DNA and Makes RNA
Lysome (job & location)

Contains digestive enzymes
Ribosome (job & location)

Site of protein production
Attached to RER
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER)
(job)

Transports proteins
Smooth Endoplasmic Recticulum (SER)
(job)

Transports lipds
Golgi Apparatus (job)

Packages substances and produces lysomes
Mitochondrion (job & description)

Site of respiration where ATP is produced.
Double membrane and oval shape
Choloroplast (job)

ONLY PLANT CELLS
Site of photosythesis
Centriole (job)

ONLY ANIMAL CELLS
Involved with separation of chromosomes during cell division
Cilia (job & description)

ONLY ANIMAL CELLS
Move substance along cell surface
Small hair like structures