Parts of the Cell

I store water and nutrients. I am much larger in plants and help them not wilt. What am I?

• vacuole

• centriole

• ribosome

• endoplasmic reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What am I known as?

• powerhouse

• command center

• clean-up crew

• storage

I form the outer covering of plant cells as seen here. What am I?

• cell wall

• cytoplasm

• golgi apparatus

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What is my role in the cell?

• dentist

• post office

• police station

• command center

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

There are a lot of me in muscle cells because I produce energy and energy is POWER! What am I?

• smooth endoplasmic reticulum

• mitochondria

• rough endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleolus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

In what type of cell would you find me?

• animal

• plant

• prokaryote

• fish

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

I help package ribosomes which is why I am often known as the "packaging center." What am I?

• ribosome

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• golgi apparatus

Which organelle is necessary for photosynthesis?

• cytoskeleton

• chloroplast

• centromere

• centriole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which organelle stores the genetic information (DNA)?

• endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• vacuole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which of the following is NOT found in animal cells?

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• endoplasmic reticulum