cell wall - Found in plants. Stiff, non-living material that helps protect and support the cell, cell membrane - gate-keepers of the cell controlling what materials go in and out, cytoplasm - gel-like fluid that suspends the organelles, ribosome - Protein producing factories. Can be attached to the rough ER or free in the cytoplasm, nucleus - control center of the cell (brain of the cell). Contains genetic information (DNA), nucleolus - The place where ribosomes begin to be assembled, Golgi body - modify, sort, and package molecule, vacuole - Storage for water, food, wastes. Plants typically have one large one. Animals have many that are very small. , mitochondria - Powerhouse of the cell. Converts food energy into useful chemical energy. , Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) - passageways that move materials to the golgi body, lysosome - digests food, unwanted molecules, old organelles, cells, bacteria, etc. , chloroplast - In plant cells only. Uses energy from the sun to make food (glucose,

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