Macromolecules and Organelles

These carry out specific functions in a cell. (Hint: like the way our kidneys and heart carry out functions in our body, only on a much smaller scale)

• xylems

• tiny folicles

• organelles

• carrier functionelles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

_________________________ means large or long.

• micro

• macro

• yolo

• non of the above

What are the essential macromolecules? Check all that apply.

• lipids

• mitochondrions

• nucleic acids

• proteins

• carbohydrates

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What are the macromolecules that provide structure to the cell and carry out the key functions? One example is an antibody....

• lipids

• carbohydrates

• proteins

• nucleic acids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Important to the structural integrity of plant cells, this is the single most common polysaccharide in the world.

• Starch

• Glycogen

• Cellulose

• Chitin

Modifies, collects, & packages macromolecules such as proteins.

• smooth ER

• golgi apparatus

• ribosome

• rough ER

Site of protein synthesis.

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• vacuole

• ribomsome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Contains digestive enzymes to break down worn out parts of the cell.

• vacuole

• lysosome

• ribosome

• nucleolus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Transports materials throughout the cell.  Acts as an assembly line for proteins.

• endoplasmic reticulum

• vacuole

• nucleus

• ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle is responsible for energy production in the cell?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Ribosome

• Golgi apparatus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2