User:Atcovi/Science/Cell Parts

Nucleus - Controls all cell activities, including cell reproduction [brain of cell]

Endoplasmic Reticulum - Network of tubes that transport materials within and between cells [highways in cell]

Ribosomes - Most attatched to walls of endoplasmic reticulum (ER): some float freely in cytoplasm

Mitochondria - Site of aerobic respiration.

Lysosome - clean up cell; removes torn out cell parts

Vacuole - Store food

Central Vacuole - Large Vacuole in plant cells that stores the water needed for photosynthesis.

Chloropast - Site of photosynthesis

Cell Wall - Rigid (stiff) nonliving, outer border that protects, supports, and provides shape to plant cells.