Across
- 1. Plays and important role in cell division, otherwise known as mitosis
- 6. This organelle is shaped like a bean and the cell and transports the food and manufacture energy from it, it commonly referred to as the power house of the cell
- 7. Also functions as the packaging system, just like the ER. It will gather nutrients and store or send them outside of the cell for use
- 8. Converts starch into sugar when the cell needs energy quickly
- 9. Controls molecules moving in and out of the cell
- 13. The jelly-like substance that makes up the matrix of the cell body
- 14. Traps light and uses it to produce food for the cell, it is green in color
Down
- 2. Functions as the packaging system, it works closely with the golgi apparatus and ribosomes.
- 3. The site of protein synthesis, where proteins are produced and stored
- 4. Compact, intertwined pieces of DNA found within the cell’s nucleus
- 5. Storage areas of the cell that are known for storing mostly water and food
- 10. A structure inside of the nucleus where RNA is transcribed
- 11. The main brain of the cell that contains most of the cell’s DNA
- 12. An egg shaped body that appears green from all the all the chlorophyll that the cell contains, this organelle is where photosynthesis takes place
- 14. Shapes and supports the cell, the outer most layer