Organelle info
Transcript of Organelle info
The Nucleus• Function: directs the activities
within the cell; contains DNA which determines which proteins to make.
• Location: central location in the cell
• Appearance: eyeball with nucleolus as the iris (colored part)
• Nuker was the boss at Celly’s, determining what type of burgers and how many to make
Golgi Apparatus
• Function: modify, package, and export proteins
• Location: near the endoplasmic reticulum
• Appearance: stacked, folded pancakes
• Goldie added pickles and packaged burgers
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)• 2 types: Rough and Smooth• Function: carries materials
through cell• Location: connected to and
surrounding the nucleus• Appearance: folded
macaroni; Rough has ribosomes; Smooth does not
• Eddio-O moved burgers around.
Ribosome
• Function: produce proteins• Location: on the rough ER and
throughout cell• Appearance: little dots; when
magnified it looks like a marshmallow
• Ribsy made the hamburgers
Mitochondria
• Function: breaks down molecules to release energy; site of cell respiration
• Location: throughout cell• Appearance: • Closely associated with ATP,
the energy transfer molecule• Mito was responsible for the
energy at Celly's.
Cell Membrane• Function: maintains homeostasis by determining what gets into or out of the cell
• Location: the outside boundary of the cell
• Appearance: a zipper or velcro with lint in it surrounding the cell
• Selma was the doorman at Celly’s
Vesicle• Function: store, transport,
or digest cell products and waste
• Location: throughout the cell
• Appearance: ball filled with stuff
• Examples: – Lysosomes break down
molecules and digest old cell structures
– Central vacuole– Transport vesicles take
proteins from ER to Golgi• Lysol: cleaned Celly's,
garbage, recycling
Chloroplast• Function: uses light energy to
make sugar (food) for plant cells• Location: throughout cells that
photosynthesize• Appearance: green jelly bean• Not a worker at Celly’s
Cell Wall
• Function: protects and gives the cell structure
• Location: Outside the cell membrane
• Appearance: shell or peel surrounding the cell
• Found in plant cells but not animal cells
• not a worker at Celly’s
Central Vacuole
• Function: a special vesicle that stores water, nutrients or wastes in plant cells; animal cells have small vacuoles Location: when full, takes up most of the space in the cell
• Appearance: a large lake• Not a worker at Celly’s