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Research the following organelles (little organs) found in Eukaryotic cells. Determine if they are in plant cells, animal cells, or both. You are also responsible for
figuring out the function and general location for each organelle.
Organelle Function
Shape
Location
Size
Numb Plant
er
/
Anim
al/
Both
Plasma
Membrane
(Cell Membrane)
Same shape as the cell.
Very most outer
layer of the cell in
an animal cell. 2nd
most in a plant
cell
Changes
depending on the
size of the cell
1
Both
Looks like a wall
Outside of the
Changes
plasma membrane depending on the
in plant cells only
size of the cell
1
Plant
only
Found
everywhere in the
cytoplasm
Many of
them (up to
2000 in
some cells)
Both but
more
common
in Animal
cells
Barrier between
inside and outside of
cell.
Regulates what enters
and exits the cell.
Cell Wall
Rigid barrier in plant
cells made of cellulose
which give them a
boxy shape.
Mitochondrion
The powerhouse of
the cell it produces
ATP
Fairly small
Nucleus
Control center of the
cell.
Nucleolus
Creates ribosomes
Ribosomes
Construct proteins
The center of the nucleus
above
Usually near the
center of the cell
Largest organelle
inside the cell
1
Both
Located inside the
nucleus
Smaller than
nucleus but larger
than ribosomes
1
Both
Located on the
Rough
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Very small
There is a
very large
amount of
them
Both
Quite large but
smaller than the
nucleus
1 but it has
many layers
Both
Also floating in
the Cytoplasm
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Layers of folded
membranes that has 2
types and 2 jobs
Rough – has
ribosomes on it and
helps make proteins
Smooth – no
ribosomes on it and
helps make lipids
(fats)
Found near the
nucleus
Lysosome
The janitor or garbage
disposal of a cell.
Cleans up and
destroys old parts that
aren’t needed
anymore
Found floating
around the
cytoplasm
Very small
Many of
them found
a single cell
Animal
only
Golgi Apparatus
Folded membranes
that is the packaging
department of the cell
Usually found
near the plasma
membrane
Medium sized
1
Both
Vacuole
A storage unit of the
cell. Plants have 1
HUGE ONE and
animals have many
small ones
In animals they
are all over. In
plants 1 huge one
takes up most of
the cell
HUGE in plants
1 in Plants
Both
Tiny in Animals
Many in
animals
The liquid of a cell
that everything else
suspends in
Fills all of the
space around
organelles
The amount
depends on the
size of the cell
It is a liquid
like
substance
so can’t give
it a number
Cytoplasm
Both
Cytoskeleton
The structural support
of the cell and also
assists in movement
and shape
Anywhere in the
cell
The amount
depends on the
size of the cell
Many parts
Both
Vesicle
A small packet made
from the Golgi
Apparatus
Found usually
near the Golgi
Apparatus but
they can be
anywhere
Very small
Can be
many of
them or
very few
Both
Chloroplast
Location of energy
production
(photosynthesis) in
plants. They are
green because of
Chlorophyl
Located anywhere
in plant cell
cytoplasm
Medium size
Usually
there are
many of
them
Plants
Only
Nuclear
Membrane
(Envelope)
Separates the nucleus
from the rest of the
cell.
Located on the
outer edge of the
nucleus
As big as the
nucleus
1
Both
Regulates what enters
and exits the nucleus