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Organelles and functions
An organelle is an number of organized or specialized structures with in the living cell.
A function is how the living or nonliving thing works. Nucleus - The “brains” of the cell, the nucleus directs cell activities and contains genetic material called chromosomes made of DNA. Mitochondria - Make energy out of food Ribosomes - Make protein Golgi Apparatus - Make, process and package proteins Lysosome - Contains digestive enzymes to help break food down Endoplasmic Reticulum - Called the "intracellular highway" because it is for transporting all sorts of items around the cell. Vacuole - Used for storage, vacuoles usually contain water or food. (Are you are thirsty? Perhaps your vacuoles need some water!) Plant cells also have: Chloroplasts - Use sunlight to create food by photosynthesis Cell Wall - For support Rough ER - transport storage Smooth ER - creates lipids or fats Centrioles - for cellular divisions By: Daisy C. |
Prokaryotic any organism having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm, a membrane-bound nucleus enclosing genetic material organized into chromosomes.
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Eukaryotic any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands.
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