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The Golgi Apparatus receives proteins and sends The mitochondrion provides the energy cells need.
them where they need to go.

The Golgi Apparatus actually does
more than a post office does, Vesicles and Vacuoles
because it also labels the proteins
Vesicles are small sac-like
to determine where they should
organelles. They store materials in
go. If post offices were like the
the cell, and help move proteins
Golgi Apparatus, you could deliver
wherever they need to go. For
a blank envelope to the post office,
example, vesicles move proteins
and someone at the post office
from the ER to the Golgi Apparatus
would know where your mail was
for sorting. Special vesicles also
supposed to go and write the
break down dead cells, material
address on the envelope for you.
that doesn’t belong in a cell, or
It would be like a psychic post
poisons.
office!

Mitochondrion

The mitochondrion is the
organelle that makes energy
available for the cell to use for
growing, reproducing, and

anything else it needs to do.
This vesicle has the important job of breaking down
Mitochondria (that’s the plural of
poisons in the cell.
mitochondrion) use compounds like
glucose, which is a common type of Vacuoles are similar to vesicles,
sugar, to make ATP. ATP is an but are larger in size. In plant
abbreviation for adenosine cells, a large vacuole is located in
the center of the cell. This central
triphosphate, and is the most
common source of energy for cells. vacuole stores such things as water
and salt. It also helps some of the

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