Plant Bio Lab Quiz 1

Elodea

An aquatic plant with very thin leaves

Leucoplasts

Modified chloroplasts that have lost their photosynthetic pigment and now function as storage organelles.

Amyloplasts

Storage cells that hold starch, or amylose

Chloroplast

Plastids that contain the pigment chlorophyll and produce sugar.

Plasmodesmata

Channels that connect the cytoplasm of adjacent cells to allow communication.

Vacuoles

Organelles that help maintain turgor pressure, provide a space to store primary and secondary metabolites, and help breakdown or recycle cell compoonents.

Ribosomes

Ribosomes are cellular machines that synthesize proteins by translating the genetic code from messenger RNA (mRNA) into a sequence of amino acids, a process called Translation

Golgi apparatus

Organelle responsible for sorting and packaging lipids, proteins and other materials.

Chromoplasts

Modified plastid, containing various pigments primarily used for attracting pollinators and seed dispersers. Can be found in a vairety of plant tissues, such as flower or fruit tissue.

Raphides

Calcium oxalate crystals that resemble stars, serving as a mechnaism to store waste and defend the plant against herbivory.