Cell Parts: Functions and Analogies

The job of the nucleus is to:

• Hold the cell's genetic material

• Store water and other materials

• Create proteins

• Surround the cell and control what comes in and out

This organelle, when full of water, helps create support for the cell by maintaining pressure inside the cell as it presses against the cell wall.

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

• Vacuole

• Lysosome

Found in the nucleus

• DNA

• Chromosomes

• Genetic material

• All of the above

Which image shows where food is broken down and energy is created for the cell?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the organelles plant cells have that animal cells don't?

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

• Cell Wall

• Vacuole

Considering the job of the mitochondria, which type of cell would need a greater number of mitochondria?

• Brain cell

• Blood cell

• Bone cell

• Muscle cell

Animal cells and fungal cells can not make their own food because they do not have _____.

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Chromosomes

• Chloroplasts

Which cell part and word match with: "lets selected items pass through"?

• Cytoplasm/gelatinous

• Cell wall/rigid

• Cell membrane/semi-permeable

• chloroplast/green

If you were comparing a cell to a city, the vacuole would be like a:

• Mayor

• Restaurant

• Water tower

• Factory

If you were comparing a cell to a human body, the cell membrane would be most like the:

• Heart

• Lungs

• Skin

• Bones