Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each organelle by the kind of cell it is found in.
Groups: Plant cells only · Both plant and animal cells
- Golgi apparatus
- Cellulose cell wall
- Chloroplast
- Peroxisome
- Mitochondrion
- Large central vacuole
Hints
- Three structures are the recognisable signature of a plant cell.
- Every eukaryotic cell needs mitochondria, including photosynthetic ones.
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Plant cells only: Chloroplast, Large central vacuole, Cellulose cell wall
Both plant and animal cells: Mitochondrion, Peroxisome, Golgi apparatus
Why
Chloroplast, central vacuole and cellulose wall identify a plant cell. Note that plants have mitochondria too, photosynthesis makes sugar, and respiring that sugar still requires a mitochondrion.
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