Cell Explorer Game Answer Key

Question: the organelle that makes proteins that the cell needs

Answer: Ribosome

Question: the mobile organelle that transports materials around the cell to where they need to go

Answer: Vesicle

Question: the organelle that receives, modifies their contents, and then ships off new vesicles (full of stuff) to where they need to go

Answer: Golgi apparatus

Question: the organelle that is covered with ribosomes and is involved in transporting proteins

Answer: Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (Rough ER)

Question: the organelle that is full of enzymes for digesting and destroying foreign objects

Answer: Lysosome

Question: the organelle that make usable energy for the cell

Answer: mitochondrion (plural, mitochondria)

Question: semi-permeable barrier that separates the cell from external environment

Answer: Cell membrane (plasma membrane)

Question: the organelle that breaks down poisons and makes lipids (like fats, oils, phospholipids, steroids etc.)

Answer: Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (Smooth ER)

Question: the structure that helps maintain the cell's internal structure and shape by supporting the cell

Answer: Cytoskeleton

Question: the organelle that has genetic material inside of it

Answer: Nucleus

Question: Found inside the nucleus and produces ribosomes

Answer: Nucleolus

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