Cell Analogies

Which organelle is like the battery for the cell?

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which organelle is like a protective wall for the cell?

• Cell Membrane

• Nucleus

• Cell wall

• Mitochondria

This organelle surrounds the cell and controls what enters/leaves the cell (Analogy: gates or doors of the school)

• Golgi body

• Cell wall

• Cell membrane

• Vacuole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle holds materials like water and other products for storage (Analogy: water tower)

• Lysosome

• Vacuole

• Nucleus

• Cell membrane

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle receives and repackages proteins to be sent out in vesicles (analogy: post office or shipping and receiving department)

• Golgi Body

• Smooth ER

• Nucleolus

• Ribosomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

I am a protein packaging and shipping machine! Who am I?

• Vacuole

• Ribosome

• Mitochondria

• Golgi apparatus

You might think of me as the trash collector, but recycler is maybe more accurate. What am I?

• Mitochondria

• Lysosome

• Vacuole

• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle uses sunlight to make food?

• Nucleus

• Cell Membrane

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

This organelle is responsible for producing energy in the cell (Analogy: power plant)

• Mitochondria

• Ribosome

• Chloroplast

• Nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

This organelle is the control center of the cell, containing DNA (Analogy: principal's office)

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

• Golgi Apparatus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2