Animal vs Plant Cells and Organelles

What is a cell wall? (What cell is it in, description, location, purpose)

Plant, bacteria, fungi, and some protists; rigid protective barrier; outside of the cell membrane; for structure and protection.

What is cytoplasm (cytosol) (What cell is it in, description, location, purpose)

All cells have this; gel-like fluid; inside cell membrane; holds organelles in place and the site of cell metabolism.

Nucleus (What cell is it in, and purpose)

In eukaryotic cells; the control center, contains DNA.

Nucleolus (location and purpose)

Small sphere in nucleus; makes ribosomes

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) (Location, purpose, and description)

Connected to nucleus membrane; highway of the cell and makes proteins; has ribosomes on it

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) (Location, purpose, and description)

Next to rough ER; highway of the cell and makes lipids; no ribosomes

Centrioles (centrosome) (which cell is it in, location, purpose)

Only in animal cells; near the nucleus; aids in cell division

Cell membrane (plasma membrane) (Location, purpose)

Thin layer surrounding the cytoplasm; provides protection, support, and controls entry and exits of materials

Golgi Bodies (golgi apparatus) (purpose, and how this purpose is done)

modifies, packages, and distributes materials; molecules transported to and from this by means of vesicicles

Ribosome (Location, purpose, and appearance)

Attached to rough ER or floating free in cytoplasm; site of protein synthesis; appear as tiny dots and only organelle not surrounded by a membrane

Mitochondria (mitochondrion) (purpose, and appearance)

“powerhouse of the cell,” cellular respiration occurs here to make energy (ATP); bean shaped

Vacuoles (purpose, and appearance/location)

stores water, food, and waste, and cell digestion; a few smaller ones in animal cells and a large central one in plant cells

Chloroplast (purpose, which cell is it in)

Site of photosynthesis-how plants make sugar and contains the green pigment chlorophyll; found only in plant cells

Lysosomes (appearance, what cell is COMMON in, purpose)

Clear spheres; common in animal cells; contain digestive enzymes that break down wastes, “Clean up crew”

Cytoskeleton (purpose, and appearance)

Shape and structure, helps move organelles around the cell, make up cilia, flagella, and centrioles; made of microtubules and microfilaments

Cilia (Location, which cell is it common in, purpose, and appearance)

Outer surface of cell membrane/wall; common in animal cells; aids in cell movement and screening debri; short, numerous hair like structures

Flagellum (flagella) (Location, which cell is it common in, purpose, and appearance)

Extends from outer part of cell membrane/wall; common in animal cells; aids in cell movement; long whiplike structure

Chromosomes (Location, purpose, and appearance)

In nucleus; stores genetic information and seen when cell is dividing; tightly coiled DNA

Chromatin (Location, purpose, and appearance)

Found in nucleus; stores genetic information and seen when cell isn’t dividing; uncoiled DNA

What is this?

Cell wall

What is this?

Cytoplasm

What is this ENTIRE structure?

nucleus

What is the BLUE sphere in the center? What is it in?

Nucleolus, it’s in the nucleus

What is the right structure?

Rough ER

What is the structure on the left?

Smooth ER

What are these?

Centrioles

What is the outer layer?

Cell membrane

What is this?

Golgi Bodies

What are the tiny spherical-structures on this?

Ribosomes

What is this?

Mitochondria

What is this?

Vacuole

What is this?

Chloroplast

What is this?

Lysosome

What is this?

Cytoskeleton

What is this?

Cilia

What is this?

Flagellum

What is this?

Chromosome

What are those dark purple strands near the nucleolus?

Chromatin