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Plant cells have many of the same organelles as animal cells. They serve the same functions
in plant cells. Plant cells also have specialized organelles that allow them to convert the Sun’s
energy into food.
endoplasmic reticulum
nucleus
nucleolus Vacuoles are sacs that contain

water and store nutrients and
nuclear envelope waste products.

nuclear cytoplasm
pores

chromatin

Golgi bodies mitochondrion

ribosomes

The cell membrane is the layer
The cell wall is a rigid outer
inside the cell wall of plants that
layer of plant cells that
regulates which substances enter
provides support.
and leave the cell.

Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll
which captures energy from the
Sun and uses it to produce food
for the plant in a process known
as photosynthesis.

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