A Cell is Like A City!
A cell and a city are very similar. There are many similarities between a cell's structure and a city.
1. Nucleus = City Hall: they are both the controlling forces in the cell/city.
2. Cytoplasm = Atmosphere: the main substance of the city/cell that takes up all the space. It surrounds the buildings/organelles.
3. Cell Membrane = Police Officers: they both control what goes in and out of the cell/city. They also both protect and support what is inside.
4. Nuclear Envelope = City Hall Fence with Security Guard: they both protect the control center, by allowing materials in and out.
5. Nucleolus = Office in City Hall : they are both an area that all the main information is stored.
6. Ribosomes = Food-Producing Factories: both bring together raw materials. They preform proteins synthesis for the nucleus.
7. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum = Streets: In the city cars travel around using the streets, ribosomes travel by the Rough ER.
8.Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum = Manufacturing Plant: They both make proteins and fats. They are then packaged and sent off.
9. Golgi Apparatus = Post Office: They are sorted, then packaged and distributed around the cell, just like a post office would do with mail.
10. Lysosomes = Garbage Disposal: breaks down wastes and extra materials by disposing them.
11. Vacuoles = Warehouse: both store items and substances.
12. Peroxisomes = Street Cleaners/ Garbage Men: both work to keep the city/cell clean.
13. Centriole = Household (parent and child): where informationion is passed from parent to offspring.
14. Cilia = Airport: transport cells/people around from place to place
15. Mitochondria = Power Plant: produce energy to give power to the city/cell.
16. Chloroplast = Solar Energy Plants: both capture energy from the sun.
17. Cell Wall = City Wall: they are both the supporting structures of the cell/the city.
18. Cytoskeleton = Steel Girders: The cytoskeleton is the internal framework that gives each cell its distinctive shape. The structural steel beams are the support for the buildings or bridges.
2. Cytoplasm = Atmosphere: the main substance of the city/cell that takes up all the space. It surrounds the buildings/organelles.
3. Cell Membrane = Police Officers: they both control what goes in and out of the cell/city. They also both protect and support what is inside.
4. Nuclear Envelope = City Hall Fence with Security Guard: they both protect the control center, by allowing materials in and out.
5. Nucleolus = Office in City Hall : they are both an area that all the main information is stored.
6. Ribosomes = Food-Producing Factories: both bring together raw materials. They preform proteins synthesis for the nucleus.
7. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum = Streets: In the city cars travel around using the streets, ribosomes travel by the Rough ER.
8.Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum = Manufacturing Plant: They both make proteins and fats. They are then packaged and sent off.
9. Golgi Apparatus = Post Office: They are sorted, then packaged and distributed around the cell, just like a post office would do with mail.
10. Lysosomes = Garbage Disposal: breaks down wastes and extra materials by disposing them.
11. Vacuoles = Warehouse: both store items and substances.
12. Peroxisomes = Street Cleaners/ Garbage Men: both work to keep the city/cell clean.
13. Centriole = Household (parent and child): where informationion is passed from parent to offspring.
14. Cilia = Airport: transport cells/people around from place to place
15. Mitochondria = Power Plant: produce energy to give power to the city/cell.
16. Chloroplast = Solar Energy Plants: both capture energy from the sun.
17. Cell Wall = City Wall: they are both the supporting structures of the cell/the city.
18. Cytoskeleton = Steel Girders: The cytoskeleton is the internal framework that gives each cell its distinctive shape. The structural steel beams are the support for the buildings or bridges.