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School Analogies
Comparing parts of a cell to parts of the school.
Question | Answer |
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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 |