How might this affect our daily lives? Would we be able to survive? How could we solve some of the problems this could cause? Challenge 9 Further information on plant cells First of all, you need to know the meaning of the word, organelle. It sounds a little bit like organ - this gives you a clue to the meaning of the word. Many words in science have their origin from Latin (in fact, so do many words in English and French too). The Latin word “organas” means instrument – so this tells you that organelles have useful functions! Organelles are tiny structures with an important job. The nucleus and the chloroplast are both types of organelle. Without looking in your book, can you remember what they do? Here is another diagram of a plant cell, showing a few more organelles. Can you remember what the different parts do? If you cover up the names, can you name all the sections in the diagram? The only organelle you might have heard of yet is the mitochondrion. Practise saying this word – it’s pronounced “Mito-chon-dri-on”. This is the word for one of them – if there are many, you’d call them mitochondria.
How might this affect our daily lives? Would we be able to survive? How could we solve some of the problems this could cause? Challenge 9 Further information on plant cells First of all, you need to know the meaning of the word, organelle. It sounds a little bit like organ - this gives you a clue to the meaning of the word. Many words in science have their origin from Latin (in fact, so do many words in English and French too). The Latin word “organas” means instrument – so this tells you that organelles have useful functions! Organelles are tiny structures with an important job. The nucleus and the chloroplast are both types of organelle. Without looking in your book, can you remember what they do? Here is another diagram of a plant cell, showing a few more organelles. Can you remember what the different parts do? If you cover up the names, can you name all the sections in the diagram? The only organelle you might have heard of yet is the mitochondrion. Practise saying this word – it’s pronounced “Mito-chon-dri-on”. This is the word for one of them – if there are many, you’d call them mitochondria.