This document provides a crossword puzzle with clues about various cell organelles and their functions. The clues identify organelles like mitochondria, which carry out cellular respiration to release energy, and the nucleus, which contains the cell's DNA and regulates all cellular activities. The crossword puzzle is meant to test knowledge of the structures and roles of important organelles within plant and animal cells.

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Cell Organelles
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1. tubes that serve as support for the cell
3. have a nucleus and membrane covered organelles
5. where cellular respiration takes place to release energy
8. bodies stack of flattened sac-like tubes used in secretion
11. site of protein synthesis
12. seperates the cell from its environment and controls the transport of
materials in and out
13. storage sacs
14. vesicles that contain chemicals used in digestion
15. regulates all the cells activities, contains the DNA
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2. carry the material of heredity, located in the nucleus
4. rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane
6. thin threads attached to cell membranes, play a role in movement
7. organelle found only in plants and is used to make food
9. don't have a nucleus and membrane bound organelles
10. small cylinders in the cytoplasm that play a role in cell
division
16. functions in the transport of materials throughout the cell

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