Cell organelle bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Builds proteins, free in cytoplasm or sitting on the ER

   Item

   Ribosome

2. Clue

   Makes ATP by oxidative phosphorylation behind a double membrane

   Item

   Mitochondria

3. Clue

   Green plastid that traps light energy for photosynthesis

   Item

   Chloroplast

4. Clue

   Flattened sacs that pack and ship the cell's secretions

   Item

   Golgi body

5. Clue

   Single membrane bag of enzymes digesting macromolecules

   Item

   Lysosome

6. Clue

   Body inside the nucleus, sits within the chromatin network

   Item

   Nucleolus

7. Clue

   Rigid layer outside the plasma membrane in plants

   Item

   Cell wall

8. Clue

   Inner mitochondrial folds that raise the working surface

   Item

   Cristae

9. Clue

   Forms the spindle apparatus in dividing animal cells

   Item

   Centriole

Instructions

Read each call, tap its organelle. Three in a line wins.

Explanation