Organelles Deffinition Flashcards
Cytoplasm
Clear cell fluid inside the cell
Lysosome
Breaks down cellular waste
Endoplasmic reticulum ER
Site of protein
Pathways
Nucleus
Control centre
Contains nucleolus
Location of DNA
Centriole
Aids in cell division
Only in animals
Golgi body
Cellular post office
Packages and ships proteins
Ribosome
Makes protein
Can be found in the er in cytoplasm
Nucleolus
Found inside the nucleus
Makes ribosomes protein
Cell membrane
Cells “bouncer”
Controls what enters and exits the cell
Vacuoles
Contains water
Plants is larger
Animals is smaller
Chloroplasts
Trap energy from sun to make glucose, to power cell activities
Only in plants
Cell wall
A tough structure lying outside the plant cells membrane
Provides support for the cells
Only in plants
Mitochondria
Makes power
Power of the house
3 points of the cell theory
- The cell is the smallest building block of life
- All living things contain at least one cell
- All cells come from previous cells
Two types of cells
Prokaryotes - simple
Eukaryotes - complex
Don’t contain a nucleus or membrane organelles (mitochondria, cytoplast)
