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Cell Organelle Practice
Learn the parts of the cell compared with a city
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Biology
7th Grade
11/10/2011

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Cytoplasm
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the "air" or jelly-like material in the cell that other cell parts float in
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Chloroplast
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Found only in plants, has a green pigment making plants green, captures the sun's energy to make food for the plant
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Ribosome
Definition
Factory that make proteins, some are free floating in the cell and some are on the endoplasmic reticulum
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Lysosome
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Found only in animal cells, like a recycling plant that recycles dead cell parts
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Cell membrane
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city limits of the cell that controls what goes in and out of the cell
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Nucleus
Definition
control center of the cell
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Nucleolus
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like the mayor's office, holds the DNA
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Golgi Complex
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post office, sends and delivers packages
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vesicle
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package that transports goods in and out of the cell
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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roads of the cell, smooth ER stores goods, while rough ER transports proteins
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Mitochondria
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power plant of the cell, makes energy and stores it in little batteries called ATP
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Large vacuole
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found only in plant cells. Grocery store, stores food and water. The plant will wilt if not enough water.
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Cell wall
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Found only in plant cells, keeps the plant's cells rigid like a wall
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