Match a Cell Structure to Its Main Stated Role - Practice 1

Cells contain structures with different roles.

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Cells contain structures with different roles. Match the function named here; no single organelle performs every process. These are simplified eukaryotic-cell examples. Not all cells contain every listed structure.

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A chloroplast carries out photosynthesis in plant cells that have it. A nucleus stores most of a typical eukaryotic cell's DNA.

Schematic eukaryotic cell: a nucleus inside a membrane boundary, with small dots representing ribosomes. Labels identify DNA storage, the boundary and protein assembly. This is not to scale and omits many structures.

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Green plants carry out cellular respiration as well as photosynthesis. They need to transfer energy from stored molecules too.

Question 1 Which structure is the selective outer boundary of a typical cell? cell membrane ribosome nucleus

Question 2 Where is most DNA stored in a typical eukaryotic cell? cell wall ribosome nucleus

Question 3 Which structures assemble proteins? vacuoles only ribosomes cell walls

Question 4 Which organelle carries out photosynthesis in a green leaf cell? chloroplast nucleus ribosome

Question 5 Which organelle is a major site of aerobic ATP production in a typical eukaryotic cell? cell wall nucleolus mitochondrion

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