Organelles

Question 1

CELL MEMBRANE

Answer 1

Description
	- Phospholipid bilayer
	- Contains proteins
Function
	- Controls movement of materials in and out of cell

Question 2

CYTOPLASM

Answer 2

Description
	- Jelly-like fluid
	- Also called cytosol
Function
	- Holds organelles, molecules, and ions

Question 3

NUCLEUS

Answer 3

Description
- Membrane bounds organelles
Function
Contains DNA (determines how cell function)

Question 4

NUCLEAR PORE

Answer 4

Description
- Group of proteins
Function
- Forms openings in nuclear envelope

Question 5

NUCLEOPLASM

Answer 5

Description
- Thick fluid
Function
- Holds contents of nucleus

Question 6

NUCLEOLUS

Answer 6

Description
	- Non-membrane bound structure
Function
	- Contains, RNA, protein and chromatin
	- Makes ribosomes

Question 7

NUCLEAR ENVELOPE

Answer 7

Description
	- Double membrane 
	- 2 phospholipid bilayers
Function
	- Separates nucleus from rest of cell

Question 8

RIBOSOMES

Answer 8

Description
- Composed of RNA and proteins
Function
- Help build proteins

Question 9

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER)

Answer 9

Description
	- Complex system of sacs and channels
Function
Rough:
Makes proteins
Smooth:
Makes lipids

Question 10

ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM

Answer 10

Description
- Group of organelles that work together in eukaryotic cells
Function
- Modify, package, and transport cell products (ex. Proteins)

Question 11

GOLGI APPARATUS

Answer 11

Description
- Stack of cured membrane sacs
Function
Packages, processes, sorts and distributes proteins and lipids

Question 12

VESICLE

Answer 12

Description
- Tiny sacs
Function
Transports material within or outside cell

Question 13

LYSOSOMES

Answer 13

Description
- Membrane-bound vesicle filled with digestive enzymes
Function
Breaks down worn out cell components and materials brought into cell

Question 14

PEROXISOMES

Answer 14

Description
	- Membrane bound vesicle
	- Contains enzymes
Function
	- Breaks down lipids, toxic waste products (alcohol)

Question 15

VACUOLE

Answer 15

Description
- Large membrane bound sacs
Function
- Stores H2O, ions, macromolecules, sugars, amino acids

Question 16

CHLOROPLAST

Answer 16

Description
	- Double-membrane
	- Contains chlorophyll
Function
- Transfers sunlight energy into chemical energy (photosynthesis)

Question 17

MITOCHONDRIA

Answer 17

Description
	- Membrane bound organelle
Function
	- Power house of the cell
	- Organic molecules oxidized to produce ATP

Question 18

CELL WALL

Answer 18

Description
	- Rigid structure
	- Surrounding cell membrane
Function
	- Protects/supports and allows materials in/out of cell

Question 19

CYTOSKELETON

Answer 19

Description
- Network of protein fibres
Function
- Provides structure shape, support, and motility

Question 20

MICROTUBULES

Answer 20

Description
- Proteins that form hollow tubes
Function
- Maintain cell shape, movement, organelles, assist cell chains

Question 21

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS

Answer 21

Description
- Proteins coiled together
Function
- Maintain cell shape, anchor, organelles/scaffolding

Question 22

MICROFILAMENTS

Answer 22

Description
- 2 strands of actin mound together
Function
Maintain cell shape, muscle contractions

Question 23

CILIA

Answer 23

Description
- Small, hair-like extensions on cell
Function
- Propels cells, movement, sneap deions

Question 24

FLAGELLA

Answer 24

Description
- Ions, whip-like extensions on cell
Function
- Propels cell movement, sneap deions