Virtual Cell Tours, Inc'

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Virtual Cell Tours, Inc.
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How to set up your notebook

• You will begin at the next blank pages in your
  science notebook. Divide each page into 6
  squares. 1 square for each slide. Be sure to use
  a ruler! The assignment title is in the first
  square

Tour of cell organelles
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Welcome to Virtual Cell Tours

• As you travel through the cell, please record the
  following
• information for
• each organelle

• ____________________ (slide title)
• Job title
• Job Description
• Appearance

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FIRST STOP CELL MEMBRANE

• Job Title
• Gatekeeper
• Job Description
• Protects the cell by controlling the movement of
  materials in and out of the cell.
• Appearance
• A thin layer surrounding the cell.

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Jellyville THE CYTOPLASM

• Job Title Foundation
• Job Description
• Holds the cell organelles and also contains the
  chemicals needed by the cell.
• Appearance
• Gel-like fluid that fills up most of the cell.

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Command Central THE NUCLEUS

• Job Title The Brain of the cell.
• Job Description
• Controls all the life processes that go on in the
  cell.
• Appearance
• Contains hereditary material (DNA). Is near the
  center of the cell.

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The Powerplant MITOCHONDRIA

• Job Title
• The powerhouse of the cell.
• Job Description
• Produces the power or energy needed by burning
  the food obtained or made by the cell.
• Appearance
• Sausage-shaped pod with an inner membrane.

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The Subway ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER for short)

• Job Title Delivery network.
• Job Description
• Serves as the internal delivery system for the
  cell.
• Appearance
• Tube-like network

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Time to Eat THE RIBOSOMES

• Job Title Food Producer
• Job Description
• Make the proteins needed by the cell for growth.
• Appearance
• Small, round structures, sometimes located near
  the ER

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The Post Office GOLGI BODIES

• Job Title Packager
• Job Description
• Wraps or packages the protein for delivery
  throughout the cell. Can also store protein if
  needed.
• Appearance
• Stacks of protein-filled sacs.

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The Warehouse VACUOLES

• Job Title Storage Bins
• Job Description
• Stores water, food, and waste for the cell.
• Appearance
• Liquid-filled spaces in the cell. Many in
  animals, one large in plant cells.

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Recycling Center LYSOSOMES

• Job Title
• Waste Buster
• Job Description
• Breaks down nutrients into more usable molecules
  digests the cells waste products.
• Appearance
• Small, round discs found throughout the cell.
  They break off of the golgi bodies as needed
  (vesicles).

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ONLY IN PLANT CELLS
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The Support System CELL WALL

• Job Title Structural Support.
• Job Description
• Provides extra support for the cell
• Appearance
• Surrounds the cell membrane. Made of cellulose.

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The Sweets Factory CHLOROPLASTS

• Job Title Sugar producer
• Job Description
• Contains chlorophyll that captures the suns
  energy and uses it to make the plant food
  glucose (sugar).
• Appearance
• Contains green pigment.