Name ________________________________ Date_____________________Per________# ________
Cell Organelles / “Cells Alive”
Research Worksheet
TASK: Use the “Cells Alive” web page to find the information you need to complete the table
below. Determine where the organelle is found (plant cells, animals cells or both). Then fill in
the function of each organelle (some are already given in the chart) and answer the questions
in the chart. http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm
Organelle
(plant /animal / both)
What it does in the cell
(function)
NUCLEUS
“brain of the cell”
What does the DNA do?___________________________________
________________________________________________________
What happens to the chromatin when the cell is dividing?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Organelle
(plant /animal / both)
Function:
NUCLEOLUS
In what organelle is the nucleolus found?______________________
What does it produce?_____________________________________
Where do they move to from the nucleolus?____________________
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
CELL MEMBRANE
Controls what goes into and out of the cell.
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
CYTOPLASM (also called Cytosol)
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
RIBOSOME
What is synthesized here? ____________________________
Name ________________________________ Date_____________________Per________# ________
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
MITOCHONDRIA
Function:
Provides _____________________ for the cell.
Has 2 membranes, a smooth outer membrane and a folded inner membrane.
What is produced here?_________________________________
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
VACUOLE
Vacuoles are small in _____________cells and large in __________
cells.
What things do vacuoles store?
Describe what makes a plant wilt.
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
GOLGI BODY (Golgi Apparatus)
What do they package?___________________________________________
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
ROUGH ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum)
Why is it called rough? (hint: what is attached to it)
________________________________________________________
Collects proteins that are made by ___________________________
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
SMOOTH ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum)
Smooth because it has no ribosomes attached.
Produces fats (lipids) and hormones
Name ________________________________ Date_____________________Per________# ________
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
LYSOSOME
Contain enzymes that are necessary for
______________________ ____________________________
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
CELL WALL
Organelle
(plant / animal / both)
Function:
CHLOROPLAST
Contain __________________which makes plants______________.
The chloroplasts are responsible for helping the plant to make
__________________________________.
*****When you have completed the chart go to “How Big” and “Puzzles” *****
Name ________________________________ Date_____________________Per________# ________
Label the parts of the animal and plant cells below:
(free floating or attached to another
organelle)
Type of Cell (animal or plant):
________________________
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Type of Cell (animal or plant):
________________________