Honors Organelle Jigsaw
Use sections 4.4-4.18 in your textbook to answer the following questions based on your
assigned groups. You can answer on this paper or on a separate sheet of notebook
paper.
A- 4.4 Essential Question: Why are organelles beneficial/necessary for eukaryotic organisms?
A- 4.5 Nucleus
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What does the nucleus contain?
What is the function of the nucleus?
What is the function of DNA? In what form is it ordinarily found (term for this)?
What encloses the nucleus? What is its function?
What is the nucleolus and its function?
A- 4.6-4.8: Endoplasmic Reticulum
1. What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
2. What is it connected to?
3. Smooth ER
a. Why is it called smooth?
b. What important substance does it contain in its membrane?
c. What are two major functions of the smooth ER (skip Ca storage)?
4. Rough ER
a. Why is it called rough?
b. What are the two functions of the rough ER?
c. What is the function of a ribosome?
d. What does the rough ER send its products?
e. What are vesicles?
B- 4.9: Golgi Apparatus
1. What are the functions of the golgi apparatus?
2. How does the golgi determine where molecules will go?
3. What are the functions of the two sides of the golgi apparatus?
B- 4.10 & 4.11: Lysosomes
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Lysosomes are produced in plant or animal cells?
What do lysosomes contain?
Where are lysosomes produced?
What are the 3 functions of a lysosome?
a.
b.
c.
5. How can defective lysosomes result in excess accumulation of a compound in a cell?
B- 4.12: Vacuoles
1. What is the function of a plant’s central vacuole (NOT SEEN IN ANIMALS)?
2. What is a contractile vacuole used for?
3. In what type of organism is a contractile vacuole found?
B- 4.13: Endomembrane System
1. How do transport vesicles help tie together the endomembrane (inner membrane)
system?
C- 4.14: Chloroplast
1. What is photosynthesis?
2. In what type of cells are chloroplasts found?
3. How many membranes does the chloroplast have?
C- 4.15: Mitochondria
1. What process do mitochondria carry out? Explain this process.
2. How many membranes does the mitochondria contain?
3. Why do mitochondria contain folds?
C- 4.16: Cytoskeleton
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What is the cytoskeleton made of? Where is it found in the cell?
What are the functions (2) of the cytoskeleton?
What are the 3 types of fibers found in the cytoskeleton?
What is an example of a microfilament? What do they help to support?
How are microfilaments and intermediate filaments different?
What are the functions of intermediate filaments?
What are microtubules composed of?
What are the functions of microtubules?
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D- 4.17: Cilia & Flagella
1. Cilia
a. What are cilia?
b. Where are cilia found in the human body?
c. What is the function of cilia?
2. Flagella
a. What are flagella?
b. Where are flagella found in the human body?
c. What is the function of flagella?
d. What are both cilia and flagella composed of?
D- 4.18: Cell Junctions
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Why are cell junctions (areas where cells meet) necessary?
What are plasmodesmata? In what types of cells are they found in?
What is the function of plasmodesmata?
What are tight junctions and where are they found?
What are anchoring junctions and where are they found?
What are gap junctions and where are they found?
Honors Only- Matching
_____ 1. Whip-like tail used for propulsion
A. Gap junction
_____ 2. Tubes used to provide tracks for organelle movement
B. Microtubule
_____ 3. Solid rods made of globular proteins for cell shape
C. Cilia
_____ 4. Hold cells together to protect against stretching
D. Tight junction
_____ 5. Rope-like fibrous proteins used for anchoring organelles
E. Flagella
_____ 6. Hair like extensions for movement
F. Microfilament
_____ 7. Bind cells tightly together; leak-proof
G. Plasmodesmata
_____ 8. Allow small molecules to flow between any cells
H. Anchoring junction
_____ 9. Hollow tubes made of tubulins
I. Intermediate filament
_____ 10. Channels between plant cells for water and chemical flow
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Cell Organelles Packet
Part A: MATCHING
Match the organelle to its correct function/description. Some letters may be used more than
once.
_____ 1. Converts sunlight into chemical energy
A. Smooth ER
_____ 2. Modifies proteins before shipment out of cell
B. Mitochondria
_____ 3. Packages and sorts proteins for shipping in the cell
C. Nucleus
_____ 4. Synthesizes lipids
D. Golgi Body
_____ 5. Breaks down food into usable energy for the cell
E. Chloroplast
_____ 6. Regulates what enters and exits the cell
F. Nucleolus
_____ 7. Contains DNA & controls the cell
G. Rough ER
_____ 8. Creates vesicles to house the materials for cell transport
H. Cell membrane
_____ 9. Detoxifies the cell of drugs/chemicals
_____ 10. Synthesizes ribosomes
Part B: True/False
Write T or F on the line below for each statement. If false, correct it.
_____ 1. All cells have a cell membrane and a cell wall.
_____ 2. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells contain DNA.
_____ 3. The nucleus is the site of most chemical reactions within the cell.
_____ 4. The nuclear membrane does not allow anything to enter or exit the nucleus.
_____ 5. DNA is usually found in the condensed form of chromosomes.
_____ 6. Golgi apparatus has 2 sides- one that receives proteins from the ER and one that ships
proteins out after finishing them.
_____ 7. Plasmodesmata have 2 membranes- one inner and one outer.
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Part C: Draw a line to connect the cell part/organelle to its correct function/description. There
may be multiple lines connecting to a single cell part.
_____ 1. Contains digestive enzymes
Ribosomes
_____ 2. Contains instructions for building proteins
Chloroplast
_____ 3. Site of protein synthesis (creation)
Cell wall
_____ 4. Controls movement of DNA during cell division
Centriole
_____ 5. Found floating in cytoplasm and on the rough ER
Vacuole
_____ 6. Destroys damaged organelles to recycle for parts
Cytoskeleton
_____ 7. Site of photosynthesis
Lysosome
_____ 8. Digests food particles to release nutrients
DNA
_____ 9. Rigid outer layer to protect and support plant cell shape
_____ 10. Protein network to help with internal structure and movement
Part D: Comparing Plant and Animal Cells
Put a check in the appropriate column(s) to indicate whether the following organelles are
found in plant cells, animal cells or both.
Organelle
Plant
Cells
Animal
Cells
Organelle
Cell Wall
Mitochondria
Vesicle
Nucleolus
Chloroplast
Nucleus
Centriole
Plasma membrane
Cytoplasm
Central vacuole
Cytoskeleton
Ribosome
Endoplasmic reticulum
Vacuole
Plant
Cells
Animal
Cells
Golgi apparatus
Lysosome
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Part E: Cell City Analogy – Match the organelle to the underling city part in the scenario.
In a far away city called Eukaryopolis, the main export and production product is the steel
widget. Everyone in the town has something to do with steel widget making and the entire town
is designed to build and export widgets. The town hall has the instructions for widget making,
widgets come in all shapes and sizes and any citizen of Grant can get the instructions and begin
making their own widgets. Widgets are generally produced in small shops around the city, these
small shops can be built by the carpenter's union (whose headquarters are in town hall).
After the widget is constructed, they are placed on special carts which can deliver the widget
anywhere in the city. In order for a widget to be exported, the carts take the widget to the postal
office, where the widgets are packaged and labeled for export. Sometimes widgets don't turn out
right, and the "rejects" are sent to the scrap yard where they are broken down for parts or
destroyed altogether. The town powers the widget shops and carts from a hydraulic dam that is in
the city. The entire city is enclosed by a large wooden fence, only the postal trucks (and citizens
with proper passports) are allowed outside the city.
City Structure
Organelle
Explanation
Mitochondria
Ribosomes
Nucleus
Golgi Apparatus
Protein
Cell Membrane
Lysosome
Nucleolus
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Organelle
Structures/Special
Features
Function
(*Not
organelle)
Plants,
Animals or
Both
Nucleus
Nucleolus
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Smooth:
Smooth:
Rough:
Rough:
Found:
Ribosomes
Two sides:
Golgi
Apparatus
Contains:
1.
Produced by:
Lysosome
2.
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Organelle
Structures/ Special
Features
Function
Plants,
Animals or
Both
Central Vacuole
Made in:
*Vesicles
Chloroplast
Mitochondria
Made of:
*Cytoskeleton
(not an
organelle)
*Cell Junctions
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
*Flagellum/Cilia
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Label the cell using the Word Banks.
Type of cell:
Word Bank
Ribosomes
Cell membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Centriole
Golgi Body
Vesicle
Flagella
Smooth & Rough ER
Cytoskeleton
Type of Cell:
Word Bank
Ribosomes
Cell membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Golgi Body
Central Vacuole
Smooth & Rough ER
Cytoskeleton
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