Transcript 8. Organelles' Functions

ORGANELLES ORGANIZED
CELL WALL
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Location:
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Plant
Prokaryote
Description:
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Rigid outer layer of cell
made of cellulose
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Function:
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Support
Protection
CELL MEMBRANE
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Location:
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Plant
Animal
Prokaryote
Description:
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Fluid mosaic lipid bi-layer
Semi-permeable
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Function:
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Control movement in and
out of cell
Barrier from outside
environment
NUCLEUS
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Location:
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Plant
Animal
Description:
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Large, oval shape
Near center
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Function:
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Controls the cell’s genetic
information (DNA, RNA)
DNA
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Location:
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Plant
Animal
Prokaryote
Description:
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Inside nucleus (plant,
animal)
Double helix of nucleic
acids
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Function:
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Codes for genetic
information and proteins
CYTOPLASM
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Location:
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Plant
Animal
Prokaryote
Description:
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Clear, thick jelly-like
material
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Function:
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Support cellular
organelles
Move nutrients in cell
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER)
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Location:
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Description:
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Plant
Animal
Network of folded tubes or
membranes
Function:
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Modify and package materials
to be used within the cell
Rough ER: Site for protein
synthesis
RIBOSOME
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Location:
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Plant
Animal
Prokaryote
Description:
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Small spheres
Floating free or attached
to Rough ER
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Function:
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Translates RNA into
proteins
MITOCHONDRIA
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Location:
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Plant
Animal
Description:
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Bean-shaped organelle
with folded inner
membranes
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Function:
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Breakdown food molecules
into energy for cell
VACUOLE
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Location:
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Plant
Animal
Description:
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Fluid-filled sacs
Large in plants
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Function:
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Stores waste, food, water
for later use
LYSOSOME
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Location:
Function:
Plant
Animal
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Description:
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Small, round
compartment that holds
digestive enzymes
Breakdown large food
particles
Digest old cell parts
GOLGI BODY
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Location:
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Plant
Animal
Description:
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Flattened sacs (like a
stack of pancakes)
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Function:
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Modifies lipids & proteins
Package material to send
outside of the cell
CILIA/FLAGELLA
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Location:
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Animal
Prokaryote
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Function:
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Description:
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Hair-like projections
(cilia)
Tail or whip (flagella)
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Move the cell and move
materials around outside
of cell (cilia)
Move the cell (flagella)
CHLOROPLAST
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Location:
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Plant
Description:
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Green ovals containing
chlorophyll
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Function:
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Use energy from the sun
to make food for the plant
(photosynthesis)