ORGANELLES ORGANIZED CELL WALL Location Plant Prokaryote Description

ORGANELLES ORGANIZED

CELL WALL � Location: Plant � Prokaryote � � Description: � Rigid outer layer of cell made of cellulose � Function: Support � Protection �

CELL MEMBRANE � Location: Plant � Animal � Prokaryote � � Description: Fluid mosaic lipid bilayer � Semi-permeable � � Function: Control movement in and out of cell � Barrier from outside environment �

NUCLEUS � Location: Plant � Animal � � Description: Large, oval shape � Near center � � Function: � Controls the cell’s genetic information (DNA, RNA)

DNA � Location: Plant � Animal � Prokaryote � � Description: Inside nucleus (plant, animal) � Double helix of nucleic acids � � Function: � Codes for genetic information and proteins

CYTOPLASM � Location: Plant � Animal � Prokaryote � � Description: � Clear, thick jelly-like material � Function: Support cellular organelles � Move nutrients in cell �

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER) � Location: Plant � Animal � � Description: � � Network of folded tubes or membranes Function: Modify and package materials to be used within the cell � Rough ER: Site for protein synthesis �

RIBOSOME � Location: Plant � Animal � Prokaryote � � Description: Small spheres � Floating free or attached to Rough ER � � Function: � Translates RNA into proteins

MITOCHONDRIA � Location: Plant � Animal � � Description: � Bean-shaped organelle with folded inner membranes � Function: � Breakdown food molecules into energy for cell

VACUOLE � Location: Plant � Animal � � Description: Fluid-filled sacs � Large in plants � � Function: � Stores waste, food, water for later use

LYSOSOME � Location: Plant � Animal � � Description: � Small, round compartment that holds digestive enzymes � Function: Breakdown large food particles � Digest old cell parts �

GOLGI BODY � Location: Plant � Animal � � Description: � Flattened sacs (like a stack of pancakes) � Function: Modifies lipids & proteins � Package material to send outside of the cell �

CILIA/FLAGELLA � Location: Plant � Animal � Prokaryote � � Description: Hair-like projections (cilia) � Tail or whip (flagella) � � Function: Move the cell and move materials around outside of cell (cilia) � Move the cell (flagella) �

CHLOROPLAST � Location: � � Plant Description: � Green ovals containing chlorophyll � Function: � Use energy from the sun to make food for the plant (photosynthesis)

CYTOSKELETON � Location Plant � Animal � � Description � � Protein fibers in cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells; internal framework for cell Function Stability � Movement �