Cellular Organelle Quiz

Match the organelle responsible for making proteins.

• nucleus

• ribosome

• mitochondria

• endoplasmic reticulum

Match the organelle that provides energy to the cell.

• mitochondria

• endoplasmic reticulum

• chloroplast

• nucleus

Match the organelle responsible for giving the cell instructions.

• mitochondria

• ribosome

• endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleus

Match the organelle responsible for packaging proteins to send out of the cell.

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Lysosome

• Mitochondria

• Golgi apparatus

Match the organelle responsible for eliminating and breaing down waste materials.

• lysosome

• mitochondria

• nucleus

• endoplasmic reticulum

Match the organelle that captures sunlight to produce energy for the cell.

• chloroplast

• endoplasmic reticulum

• mitochondria

• nucleus

Match the organelle that is the strong rigid layer around the cell membrane in plant cells

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• cell wall

• endoplasmic reticulum

Match the organelle that is a maze of passageways where materials are carried from one part of the cell to another.

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• lysosome

Match the organelle responsible for storage of water, nutrients, and waste materials.

• ribosome

• mitochondria

• vacuole

• nucleus

Protects the cell; controls which substances can enter or leave the cell.

• Cell Membrane

• golgi apparatus

• nucleus

• mitochondria