CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLS: 1. It provides the necessary structural support for an organism. 2. The genetic information neccessdary for reproduction is presented within the nucleus. 3. Structurally, the cell has cell organelles which are suspended in the cytoplasm 4. Mitochondria is the organelle responsible for fulfilling the cells energy requirments. 5. lisome digest the metabolic release and forein particles. 6. endoplasmic reticulum senticizes selective molecture and processes. direct molecules to their specific locations.’