Organelles Flashcards

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Cell membrane

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seperates the interior of cell from outside

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Cell wall

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Surrounds plasma membrane of plant cell and provide strength/protection

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Nucleus

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It contains the DNA which controls all cell activities

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Cytoplasm

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The gelatinous liquid that fills cell inside. Made of water, salts and various organic molecules

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Mitochondria

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Produces necessary energy for cell survival/functioning

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Chloroplast

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The site of photosynthesis (green)

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Ribosome

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cellular machinery responsible for making proteins

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Vacuole

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small and help sequester animal waste products. big in plant cell and help maintain water balance

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Golgi Apparatus

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helps process/package proteins

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Vesicles

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transport and store molecule within cell

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Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)

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helps create and modify proteins

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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER)

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helps create fats (lipids)) and steroids

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Prokaryote

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small, no nucleus, no membrane bound organelle (bacteria)

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Eukaryote

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big, nucleus, membrane bound organelle (other cells)

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