Cell Organelles

Cell Membrane:

• Barrier that encloses the cell.

• Controls the cell’s activities.

• The “powerhouse” of the cell.

• Site of protein synthesis.

Mitochondria:

• Barrier that encloses the cell.

• Controls the cell’s activities.

• The “powerhouse” of the cell.

• Site of protein synthesis.

Ribosome:

• Barrier that encloses the cell.

• Controls the cell’s activities.

• The “powerhouse” of the cell.

• Site of protein synthesis.

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER):

• An intracellular highway used to move molecules.

• Processes and packages substances for export from the cell.

• Can digest old organelles and foreign substances such as viruses and bacteria.

• Rigid structure used for support in plants.

Golgi Apparatus:

• An intracellular highway used to move molecules.

• Processes and packages substances for export from the cell.

• Can digest old organelles and foreign substances such as viruses and bacteria.

• Rigid structure used for support in plants.

Lysosome:

• An intracellular highway used to move molecules.

• Processes and packages substances for export from the cell.

• Can digest old organelles and foreign substances such as viruses and bacteria.

• Rigid structure used for support in plants.

Cell Wall:

• An intracellular highway used to move molecules.

• Processes and packages substances for export from the cell.

• Can digest old organelles and foreign substances such as viruses and bacteria.

• Rigid structure used for support in plants.

Vacuole:

• A storage area found inside both plant and animal cells.

• Converts the energy of the sun into the chemical energy contained in molecules of glucose.

• The area of the cell between the nucleus and the cell membrane.

Chloroplast:

• A storage area found inside both plant and animal cells.

• Site of photosynthesis.

• May store food, water or the metabolic wastes of the cell.

Cytoplasm:

• This area contains the various organelles of the cell.

• Converts the energy of the sun into the chemical energy contained in molecules of glucose.

• Site of photosynthesis.