Cells and Airplanes: A Comparative Journey Through Biology and Physics

Cells and Airplanes: A Comparative Journey Through Biology and Physics

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology, Science, Physics

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video uses an analogy comparing a cell to an airplane, explaining how various cell parts correspond to airplane components. Mitochondria are likened to jet engines, chloroplasts to jet fuel, and the cell membrane to passenger doors. The cell wall is compared to airplane structure, ribosomes to flight attendants, and the endoplasmic reticulum to galleys and chefs. The nucleus is the cockpit, vacuoles are the plane's belly, vesicles are the passenger cabin, lysosomes are aircraft cleaners, the Golgi apparatus is overhead storage, and flagella and cilia are the wings.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What part of an airplane is compared to the mitochondria in a cell?

Jet engines

Wings

Passenger cabin

Cockpit

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which airplane component is analogous to chloroplasts in a cell?

Jet fuels

Sheet metal

Galleys

Flight attendants

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The cell membrane is compared to which part of an airplane?

Cockpit

Belly of the plane

Wings

Passenger entry doors

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the cell wall compared to in an airplane?

Jet engines

Overhead storage

Sheet metal

Passenger cabin

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ribosomes in a cell are similar to which airplane role?

Cleaners

Chefs

Flight attendants

Pilots

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum compared to in an airplane?

Jet engines

Galleys

Cockpit

Passenger entry doors

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The nucleus of a cell is analogous to which part of an airplane?

Overhead storage

Cockpit

Belly of the plane

Wings

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