Mitochondria-The Powerhouse The Mitochondria is a digestive system and a powerhouse. It’s function is to digest nutrients to create clean and usable energy. A comparable example would be a humans stomach. As you know humans eat food and the body digest’s it, which then is converted to energy.

Usually, mitochondria are compared to power plants. They are the power plants of the cell because they generate most of the cell’s ATP energy, adenosine triphophsate. Mitochondria are also used for signaling, cellular differentiation, cell growth and cell death.

A real life example of a chloroplast would be solar panels. Solar panels are used in a variety of products these days, from phone charges, lawn…

Known as the “powerhouses of the cell,” mitochondria produce the energy necessary for the cell’s survival and functioning. In addition to producing energy, mitochondria store calcium for cell signaling, generate heat, and are involved in cell growth and death.

The endoplasmic reticulum is like hallways in a school because they are passage ways for students and staff like the endoplasmic reticulum makes passages for proteins. The Golgi apparatus is like a school bus because a school bus transports kids to school like the Golgi apparatus ships proteins.

The Golgi apparatus is sometimes compared to a post office inside the cell since one major function is to modify, sort, and package proteins to be secreted. The Golgi apparatus is made up of sacs called cisternae.

The Cell Wall is like the beams in a school because it provides the school support. The Chloroplast is like the cafeteria in a school because it is where the students in a school get their energy. The Large Central Vacuole is like a swimming pool because it stores water for the swim team.

Janitor. Janitors are just like Lysosomes because they clean up the junk/trash in the school. As for Lysosomes they sort of do the same thing, they contain enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death. They both throw away whats not needed.

The lysosome contains digestive enzymes which digest proteins, carbs, lipids, and DNA. The lysosome of the school can be the janitor, because it gets rid of all extra waste and cleans up all of the school. The nucleus contains most of the cell’s genetic info and it directs most activities of the cell.

Both plant and animal cells are eukaryotic, so they contain membrane-bound organelles like the nucleus and mitochondria. For example, plant cells contain chloroplasts since they need to perform photosynthesis, but animal cells do not.

A Cell is Like A City!

• Nucleus = City Hall: they are both the controlling forces in the cell/city.
• Cell Membrane = Police Officers: they both control what goes in and out of the cell/city.
• Nuclear Envelope = City Hall Fence with Security Guard: they both protect the control center, by allowing materials in and out.

Nucleolus

Like cities, cells are active, energetic beings. They too need a constant supply of energy and they produce it by converting fuel into useable cellular energy. The power stations of the cell are called mitochondria and the most common fuel that they consume is sugar (glucose).

The lysosomes contain digestive enzymes that break down large food particles into sugars and other simple substances that can be used more easily as does a food processing plant that processes large quantities of food entering the city into smaller packages that can be used more easily.

Plant cells have a cell wall, but animals cells do not. Plant cells have chloroplasts, but animal cells do not. Chloroplasts enable plants to perform photosynthesis to make food. Plant cells usually have one or more large vacuole(s), while animal cells have smaller vacuoles, if any are present.

A lysosome (/ˈlaɪsəˌsoʊm/) is a membrane-bound organelle found in many animal cells. They are spherical vesicles that contain hydrolytic enzymes that can break down many kinds of biomolecules. A lysosome has a specific composition, of both its membrane proteins, and its lumenal proteins.

washer and dryer

The cell membrane regulates what goes into and out of the cell. In a house this is like the door. In both the door and cell membrane things go in and out of them.

furnace