Question

practice: cell analogy
there is a building in the middle of town designed for making donuts. in the building are special things where these donuts are made. in the center of the building is an office where the bakers keep all of the recipes for making the donuts. within the office there is a small workspace where the special oven parts are designed and assembled.
outside of the office is a conveyor belt which is used to move the baking sheets, pieces of the oven, and other necessary things to the ovens. there are many generators that provide the energy to power the ovens so that they can bake donuts all day. once the donuts are made, they are sent to the decorating station to be iced, sprinkled, and packaged up for delivery. rolling carts are used to move the donuts from place to place and eventually to the delivery trucks lined up along the back wall of the building to take them out into the town.
if any of the donuts get damaged in the process, they get placed in the break room where hungry employees will destroy them on their breaks.
part 1: match the parts of the building (underlined) with the parts of the cell listed below

1. ribosomes
2. nucleus
3. cell membrane
4. mitochondria
5. lysosomes
6. golgi apparatus
7. nucleolus
8. protein

9 vesicles

1. endoplasmic reticulum

part 2: in the space provided, come up with your own cell analogy. start off by listing what each part of the cell will be in your analogy (like we did in part 1) and then write your mini - story.

Explanation:

1. Ribosomes are like bakers as they make proteins (like bakers make donuts).
2. Nucleus is like the office as it controls cell - activities (office controls donut - making).
3. Cell membrane is like the building as it encloses the cell (building encloses donut - making operations).
4. Mitochondria are like generators as they provide energy (generators power ovens).
5. Lysosomes are like break - room as they break down waste (break - room for damaged donuts).
6. Golgi Apparatus is like the decorating station as it modifies and packages proteins (decorating station for donuts).
7. Nucleolus is like the center of the office where plans are made as it makes ribosomal RNA (office center for donut - making plans).
8. Protein is like donuts as they are the product of the cell (donuts are product of the building).
9. Vesicles are like rolling carts as they transport materials (rolling carts transport donuts).
10. Endoplasmic Reticulum is like the conveyor belt as it transports substances (conveyor belt moves baking sheets).

For part 2, an example could be a cell as a school:

• Nucleus: Principal's office, controls school activities.
• Cell membrane: School building, encloses school.
• Mitochondria: School cafeteria kitchen, provides energy (food).
• Ribosomes: Teachers, make knowledge (like proteins).
• Golgi Apparatus: School office for report - cards, modifies and packages information (like proteins).
• Endoplasmic Reticulum: School hallways, transport students (like substances).
• Lysosomes: School janitor's closet, breaks down waste.
• Vesicles: School buses, transport students (like materials).
• Nucleolus: Teacher's lounge for planning, makes ribosomal RNA (like planning in teacher's lounge).
• Protein: Knowledge learned by students, product of the school (like proteins in a cell).

Answer:

Part 1:

1. Bakers
2. Office
3. Building
4. Generators
5. Break - room
6. Decorating station
7. Center of the office
8. Donuts
9. Rolling carts
10. Conveyor belt

Part 2: Example answer above.