Cell Organelle Study Guide
1. List the organelles found ONLY in plant cells. Describe a key fact about it, how it operates, and
provide an analogy for each in the space below.
Organelle name
Key fact about it
How it operates
Analogy
2. List eight other organelles of a cell, to include a key fact, how it operates, and an analogy.
Organelle name
Key fact
How it operates
Analogy
Organelle
Key fact
How it functions
Analogy
3. Complete the drawings for a plant cell and an animal cell below, and show all the organelles.
4. Be ready for a question calling for thought, such as the following: Melanin is what makes your
eyes brown, or makes your skin dark. And what makes the melanin is a particular amino acid
(protein) called tryosine. Your job is to describe the journey of tyrosine from within a baby’s
cells to the newly formed eyes. Use a separate sheet of paper, and be sure to show what
organelle is probably performing a task to either make the tyrosine or send it on its way.