Download Handout: Organelle List

“Handout: Organelle List”
Using Microsoft Word, create a document showing the name of the
organelle, its location and its function. That document might look like
the example shown here.
Organelle
Location
Function
Nucleus
Plant and
animal cell
Control center of cell;
houses DNA and nucleolus
Nuclear Envelope
Plant and
(Nuclear Membrane) Animal Cell
Surrounds nucleus,
controls passage into and out of nucleus
Chloroplast
Plant cell
Captures solar energy (photons)
transfers energy to sugar molecule (glucose)
Mitochondria
Plant and
Animal Cell
Converts energy in sugar to ATP
provides energy to cell parts to do their work
Cell Membrane
Plant and
(Plasma membrane) Animal Cell
Surrounds cells and contains cell parts
controls passage into and out of cell
Cell Wall
Surrounds cell membrane
enables cell to fill with liquid, become rigid
Plant cell