Cell structures bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Double-membraned organelle carrying its own DNA, where respiration releases energy

   Item

   Mitochondrion

2. Clue

   Infoldings of the inner mitochondrial membrane that increase enzyme surface

   Item

   Cristae

3. Clue

   Fluid space enclosed by the inner mitochondrial membrane

   Item

   Matrix

4. Clue

   Small organelle with no membrane where proteins are assembled

   Item

   Ribosome

5. Clue

   Stacked sacs that modify, package and dispatch proteins

   Item

   Golgi body

6. Clue

   Green plastid holding chlorophyll where photosynthesis occurs

   Item

   Chloroplast

7. Clue

   Organelle bounded by a pored envelope that stores the chromosomes

   Item

   Nucleus

8. Clue

   Sac of digestive enzymes that breaks down worn-out organelles

   Item

   Lysosome

9. Clue

   Partially permeable boundary controlling what enters and leaves the cell

   Item

   Cell membrane

Instructions

Read the call, then tap the structure it describes. Three in a line wins.