Cell Organelle

Function

Location

Type of Cell

Nucleus

Information center; contains DNA.

Large dark structure within cell.

Both

Cytoplasm

Contains many important organelles.

Between the nucleus and cell membrane.

Both

Cell Membrane

Regulates what enters and leaves the cell and protects.

Separates cell from surroundings.

Both

Cell Wall

Helps to protect and support the cell.

Outside of cell membrane.

Plant

Mitochondria

Change the chemical energy stored in food into other compounds.

Has inner and outer membranes.

Both

Lysosome

Breaks down useless organelles.

Round, dark colored organelles.

Animal

Chloroplast

Change energy from one form to another.

Green and circular.

Plant

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

Modifies and transports proteins.

Rough appearance because of ribosomes stuck to surface.

Both

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Stores enzymes and chemicals, and transports.

Walls of the sacs look smooth and are not studded.

Both

Vacuole

Store materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates

Saclike structures.

Both

Centrioles

Form microtubules, which provide support for cells.

Hollow tubules made out of proteins.

Animal

Golgi Bodies (Apparatus)

Modifies, collects, packages, and distributes molecules.

Flattened stack of membranes piled one upon the other.

Both

Ribosome

Makes proteins.

Composed of RNA and proteins.

Both

Nucleolus

Structure that makes ribosomes.

Found in nuclei.

Both

Plastids

Stores food and pigments.

Organelle found in plant cells.

Plant