click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
School Analogies
Comparing parts of a cell to parts of the school.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Analogy | Comparing something we know to something we're learning. |
| Nucleus / Mr. Rullo | In control of everything in the cell |
| Ribosomes / Teachers, support staff, coaches | Build and synthesize proteins in the cell |
| Lysosomes / Nurses, counsellors, janitors | Repair and fix things that are broken, and clean up waste |
| Cell Membrane / Attendance Office | Allows only certain things to enter and leave the cell |
| Cell Wall/ School Resource Officers | Protect the school from the outside |
| Cytoplasm / Classrooms | Fills the inside of the cell, and is the place where most of the reactions and work gets done in the cell. |
| Mitochondria / Lunch Ladies | Create energy for the cell |
| Vacuole / Lockers and closets | Used to store extra materials like water, vitamins, |
| DNA / Secretaries and Librarians | Contains and organizes all of the information needed by the cell |
| Prokaryotic | Cells without a nucleus |
| Eukaryotic | Cells with a nucleus |
| Unicellular | Organisms made up of only one cell |
| Multicellular | Organisms made up of MORE than one cell |
| Selective permeability | Choosing what can enter and leave |