Download Comparing Cell Organelles to the Human Body and

Comparing Cell Organelles to the Human Body and Demonstrating that Cells Are
Alive
Characteristics Organelles
Description of
What in the body
Reason for
of living things
function
performs a similar
choice
function?
Chromosomes
Blueprints for
Hormones
They tell your
Grow
growth
Endocrine system
body when to
Ribosomes
Makes protein
grow
for growth/repair
Reproduce
Nucleus
Controls cell
division
Testes/ovaries
Reproductive
system
Waste
Lysosome
Kidney/lungs/skin/liver Gets waste out
(Bladder)
of your body
Excretory system
Energy
Cell membrane
Vacuole
Mitochondrion
Breaks down
particles, cleans
up cytoplasm
Allows waste out
Stores waste
Makes energy by
respiration
Photosynthesis
Chloroplast
Respond to
Environment
Flagellum
Cilia
Cell membrane
Vacuole
Life span
Lysosome
Move
Move
Regulates what
enters and leaves
the cell
As it loses water,
it will get smaller
and cause a plant
to wilt
Destroys worn
out or damaged
cells
Lungs
Small intestine
Digestive system
Arms and legs
Used to make
new
individuals
Uses glucose
and breaks it
down
Absorbs
glucose
Move
Muscular system
White blood cells
Circulatory system
They attack
viruses and
bacteria