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Organelles and Their Function
Review for Cells Alive! Major Grade Test
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Science
7th Grade
01/21/2010

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Term

Ribosomes

 

Function?     Location?

Definition

Makes proteins for the cell

 

and

 

is located in the cytoplasm and on the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Term

Lysosomes

Definition

trash can and recycling bin for the cell

 

breaks down food and waste materials the cell cannot use

Term
Golgi Bodies
Definition

Connector road inside cell

 

connects the Endoplasmic Reticulum to other parts of the cell and the world outside of the cell

Term
Nucleus
Definition

 

Brain of the cell

 

Directs ALL cell activities using DNA

Term

Mitochondria

 

What important process happens here?

Definition

Powerhouse of the cell

 

place where respiration happens in cell

 

Glucose is turned into ENERGY here!

Term
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Definition

Cell's superhighway

 

Carries materials around cell

 

Home to ribosomes

Term
Cytoplasm
Definition

Jelly-like material that protects and supports organelles in the cell

 

Made mainly of water

Term
Cell Membrane
Definition

Gateway in and out of the cell

 

Selectively permeable membrate

Term

Cell Wall

 

Where is it found? 

 

What does it do?

Definition

Found only in plant cells

 

Protects and supports the plant cell

 

Gives the plant cell its box-like shape

Term

Choloroplast

 

What color?

 

What important process takes place here?

Definition

Green organelle

 

Where photosynthesis take place in a plant!

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