SB1A
Cellular Organelles and Cell Processes Activity
1. Write the correct function beside the matching cell structure.
2. Write: Plant, Animal, or Both beside each cell structure indicating whether that
cell structure is found in a plant cell, animal cell, or both types of cells.
Structure
Function
Membrane-bound sac that
acts as a storage area
Converts light energy into
carbohydrates
Converts energy from food
molecules to energy in the
form of ATP
Fluid material inside the cell
membrane, not including the
nucleus
Control center of a cell;
contains genetic information
Modifies and packages
substances such as proteins,
sugars, and enzymes
Contains enzymes to digest
and recycle materials found
in the cytoplasm
Plant, Animal, or
Both
Structure in plants and fungi
that protects and supports
the organism
Responsible for protein
synthesis
Moves molecules from one
part of the cell to another;
involved in synthesis of
lipids; has not ribosomes
Moves molecules from one
part of the cell to another
including proteins; covered
with ribosomes
Thin, flexible barrier that
surrounds the cell. Regulates
what materials enter and
leave the cell
Groups of microtubules
important for cell division
A framework for the cell
within the cytoplasm
The site of ribosome
production within the nucleus
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR HOMEWORK
1. In what organelle does cellular respiration take place?
2. Name two storage organelles?
3. What is the list of organelles that take part in protein synthesis?
4. How is the nucleus involved in protein synthesis?
5. What organelle is considered a “factory”, because it takes in raw materials and converts them to cell
products that can be used by the cell?
6. How does the membrane of the cell differ from the nuclear membrane? What advantages does this
difference have for the nucleus?
7. What do ribosomes do? Are they found freely floating in the cytoplasm? OR are they found attached
to another organelle? OR both. Explain why this occurs.
8. What does the endoplasmic reticulum do?
9. What is the difference between rough ER and smooth ER? What is the ER doing that is different in
each case?
10. What are lysosomes? What types of molecules would be found inside a lysosome?
11. Why might a lysosome fuse with or link up with a food vacuole?
12. In what organelle do molecules move from the ER to the Golgi bodies?
13. What is a centriole? In what type of cell (plant or animal) is it found? What does it do for the cell?