Organelles in Eukaryotic Cells

Question 1

Plasma Membrane

Answer 1

Also called cell membrane - regulates and compartmentalize what enters and exits the cell

Question 2

Cytoplasm

Answer 2

Liquid inside of the cell

Question 3

Centrioles

Answer 3

Participate in cell division

Question 4

Cillia

Answer 4

Hair-like structures on the surface of the cells that move things

Question 5

Microvilli

Answer 5

Increase the cell’s surface area for better absorption

Question 6

Ribosomes

Answer 6

Structures that link amino acids together

Question 7

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

Answer 7

Membrane that houses ribosomes

Question 8

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Answer 8

Site of lipid and carbohydrate assembly, makes glycolipids

Question 9

Golgi Apparatus

Answer 9

Packages and transports substances

Question 10

Mitochondria

Answer 10

Converts glucose to ATP

Question 11

Lysosomes

Answer 11

Vacuoles filled with digestive enzymes

Question 12

Nuclear envelope

Answer 12

Regulates what enters and exits the nucleus

Question 13

Nucleoplasm

Answer 13

Fluid inside the nucleus

Question 14

Nucleoli

Answer 14

Part of the DNA that codes for ribosomes instead of coding for proteins

Question 15

Chromatin

Answer 15

Uncondensed DNA