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I am a protein factory, the smallest of them all. I use food for strength, and I look like a ball. I can be found floating free or attached to the ER.What organelle am I?CarbohydrateVacuoleNucleusO Ribosome

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Carbohydrates are biomolecules, not an organelle.

The vacuole is a storage organelle, not a protein factory.

The nucleus contains the genetic material, it doesn't make proteins.

The ribosome IS the smallest organelle and its function is to make the proteins.

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