Question

question: 18 which statement best describes two organelles working together to take in essential nutrients for cell growth and reproduction? a. the mitochondria create energy that the lysosomes use to build nutrients needed for cell growth and reproduction. b. the chloroplasts create energy that the cytoplasm uses to build nutrients needed for cell growth and reproduction. c. the cytoplasm takes in nutrients that the golgi apparatus uses to create essential proteins for cell growth and reproduction. d. the cell membrane takes in nutrients that the ribosomes use to create essential proteins for cell growth and reproduction.

Explanation:

• Option A: Lysosomes digest materials, not build nutrients with mitochondrial energy. Mitochondria produce ATP (energy), but lysosomes don't use it to build nutrients. Eliminate A.
• Option B: Chloroplasts are in plant cells for photosynthesis, and cytoplasm is a fluid (not an organelle) that holds organelles. Also, cytoplasm doesn't "build nutrients" with chloroplast energy. Eliminate B.
• Option C: Cytoplasm is not an organelle, and the Golgi apparatus modifies and packages proteins, not create them from cytoplasm - taken nutrients (ribosomes make proteins). Eliminate C.
• Option D: The cell membrane (an organelle - like structure) regulates nutrient intake. Ribosomes use these nutrients (amino acids, etc.) to synthesize proteins, which are essential for cell growth and reproduction. This matches the organelle cooperation for nutrient use.

Answer:

D. The cell membrane takes in nutrients that the ribosomes use to create essential proteins for cell growth and reproduction.