Biology - Cells

Chloroplast

Found in plant and algae cells, captures sunlight and converts it into chemical energy which is called photosynthesis

Mitochondria

Found in most cells, converts chemical energy stored in food into usable energy for cells in the form of ATP

Cell membrane

Found in all cells, regulates what enters and exits the cell and supports and protects the cell

Cell wall

Found in prokaryotes and plant cells, supports, shapes and protects cells

Cytoplasm

The fluid inside the cell that is outside of the nucleus

Nucleus

The control center that contains most of the DNA

Nucleolus

Assembles ribosomes

Vacuoles

Found plant cells and rarely in animal cells, stores materials: water, salts, proteins, and carbs

Vesicles

store and moves material between organelles

Lysosomes

break down lipids, carbs and proteins into smaller molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell, and break down organelles that are not useful anymore

Cytoskeleton

helps animal cells maintain its shape and is involved in movement

Ribosomes

Found in all cells, where proteins are assembled

Rough ER

Has ribosomes on surface, chemically modifies proteins that were assembled on ribosomes

Smooth ER

No ribosomes on surface, makes lipids for cell membrane and helps detoxify drugs the cell is exposed to

Golgi apparatus

Modifies, sorts, and packages proteins from the ER for storage or to release outside of the cell