Plant Cell

Question 1

chloroplast

Answer 1

plant cells only, converts light energy into food energy during process of photosynthesis

Question 2

cell wall

Answer 2

plant cells only, rigid protective layer made of cellulose, maintains cell shape

Question 3

central vacuole

Answer 3

plant cells only, storage sac, can hold variety of substances (nutrients, water, etc)

Question 4

plasma membrane

Answer 4

outer boundary of the cell, regulates things going in and out of a cell

Question 5

mitochondria

Answer 5

site where energy is harvested from food molecules

Question 6

nuclear envelope

Answer 6

double membrane that surrounds the nucleus, phospholipid bilayer that controls what goes in and out of the nucleus, contains nuclear pores that only allows certain molecules (rRNA) to go in

Question 7

nucleus

Answer 7

contains most of cell’s DNA stored in chromosomes, control cells activities by directing protein production

Question 8

ribosomes

Answer 8

sites of protein manufacture, can free float or be attached to RER

Question 9

cytoskeleton

Answer 9

network of fibers, maintain cell shape, provides support and helps with movement

Question 10

golgi apparatus

Answer 10

receives, refines, and ships cellular products

Question 11

vesicle

Answer 11

membrane enclosed sac, stores and transports materials through the cell

Question 12

endoplasmic reticulum

Answer 12

network of membrane enclosed passage-ways and sacs, touches the outside of the nuclear envelope

Question 13

cytoplasm

Answer 13

fluid filled region between nucleus and plasma