Notes on the functions of the Cell Organelles (Plant Cell) Organelles have same/similar functions for both Plant Cells and Animal Cells.

1. Plant Cells and Their
Organelles
Curious GeorgeKnow-It-All Georgette

2. Introduction
Plant cells are eukaryotic. They have
13 parts to them, this is not including
the parts within the organelles.
Now, each slide will have information
on one of the 13 organelles.
We’ll start from the inside and work
our way outside.
I”LL TRY TO BE QUICK

3. Nucleus
• You should know what this part does.. ALL
THE THINKING AND BOSSING AROUND.
• FUNCTION: It is the Control Center of the
Cell. It controls all the functions and
activities in the cell.
• It tells the cell when to eat, drink and take out
all of it’s waste (or store the waste.)
• Without the Nucleus the whole cell would be
out of control. The cell wouldn’t know when
it’s hungry and what to do with its waste.
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4. Rough/Smooth Endoplasmic
Reticulum & Ribosome
These big words might scare you, but have no fear
I am here to explain.
The rough Endoplasmic Reticulum have little
spherical RIBOSOMES on them which make it bumpy,
that’s why they are called “rough.”
The smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum doesn’t make
proteins therefore, doesn’t need the ribosomes on
itself. It just creates hormones and fatty acids. The
fatty acids are oily, making the Smooth Endoplasmic
Reticulum smooth.
FUNCTION: You may be wondering “what does this
organelle do?” What it does is transport calcium, ions
and other things like that. Think of it as a highway!
The RIBOSOMES on the Endoplasmic reticulum
are there to create proteins for the whole cell.

5. Vacuole
Buuuuuuurrrrrrrrrpppp… Whoa what was that?
That, my friend is a very, very satisfied
Vacuole. The more it eats, the more bigger its
stomach gets. The less it eats, the more flabbier
its stomach gets. So basically it acts like a balloon
Did you know that young plant cells usually
have many small vacuoles, but as the cells mature,
the vacuoles almost fuses into one large central
vacuole!
FUNCTION: they don’t only store food and
water, but also their wastes, now that’s gross!

6. Lysosome
This organelle is very rare in Plant
Cells but common in Animal cells.
FUNCTION: Its job is to kill
bacteria that attacks the cells, now
you can probably see why it’s rare in
plant cells. Not many bacteria would be
after plants. Try to think of a
Lysosome as a warrior.

7. Golgi Apparatus
This organelle looks a lot like
Endoplasmic Reticulum but it’s functions
are similar to the Vacuole.
FUNCTION: It stores, secretes
(releases stuff out of its pores) and
makes the cell products. Its main
function is to sort and package the
proteins produced by the ribosomes.

8. Mitochondria
FUNCTION: Mitochondria provides the energy
a cell needs to move, divide and reproduce. Here,
I’ll give you a better explanation. You could call
them the power plant of the cell. It helps the
Cell get energy, it’s what allows the cell to do all
types of activities.
The size of a Mitochondria is similar to a
bacteria. These battery like organelles come in
different shapes.

9. Chloroplasts
FUNCTION: food and energy
production. Found only in plants.
Chloroplasts tell what their role is right
in their name. You might not have
guessed but they produce
CHLOROPHYLL this is the substance
needed in a plant to give it a green, fresh
looking color. This organelle has a
membrane of its own.

10. CELL Membrane
Awwww man, my bag just ripped. Guess I carried too
many things in it. Everything happens to me!
Like why doesn’t it happen to these Plant Cells, they
have such a thin, leafy layer?
First of all, those cells are way more organized and
careful than you are, They don’t stuff everything inside
themselves, hoping it’ll fit in.
They may have a lot of parts, but they can hold it. This
is because they have a membrane which is like skin. The
role of this organelle is to keep everything in, inside and
everything out, outside, kind of like a thermos.
FUNCTION: the PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER
of the cell membrane helps to regulate the
amount of substances coming in and out of the cell.

11. Cytoplasm
“Finally away from that brainiac Georgette!
This swimming pool is so soothing.
“Hey George, where were you?”
“Away from you---I mean, away from the
pollution”
“ Oh I see, you know this swimming pool is a lot
like cytoplasm and we’re like the little proteins or
particles in it. When we’re not needed, we just sit
in the cytoplasm waiting for us to be needed kind
of like sitting in a swimming pool until your mom
calls you .”
“Yeeeeaaahhh, mentioning that I think I’m
needed somewhere far away (from Georgette)!”
FUNCTION: It is where you find the
organelles

12. The Cell Wall
The Cell wall is like a membrane but unlike
the membrane which holds just the
cytoplasm and the things inside it, the cell
wall holds everything. It’s almost like a gift
wrapper which wraps up everything just like
this presentation.
FUNCTION: for support of the plant cell
Thank You (for those who paid any attention whatsoever!)

13. The “Cell System”
K i n g
( N u c l e o l u s )
P a t h w a y ( E n d o p l a s m i c R e t i c u l u m )
B a n k ( V a c u o l e )
C a s t l e N u c l e a r
M e m b r a n e
S o l d i e r s ( L y s o s o m e )
L a n d
( C y t o p l a s m )
P o w e r P l a n t
( M i t o c h o n d r i a )
C a s t l e W a l l
( M e m b r a n e )
C o n s t r u c t i o n W o r k e r
( R i b o s o m e )