A cell is like a town

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A cell is like a town
Compares to an animal cell.
By Akhil Kota
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Parts of A Cell
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Cytoplasm
Golgi Body
Nucleus
Cell Membrane
Vacuole
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Cytoplasm

• Air is the cytoplasm keeping everything
  orderly. Cytoplasm keeps everything in place and
  correctly shaped. Cytoplasm is a Outer
  Substance for the organelles (people/places).

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Nucleus

• The nucleus is like the mayor. The mayor orders
  duties to the people, just like the nucleus tells
  the organelles what to do. The mayor does the
  work of commanding, just like the nucleus. The
  mayor is the Brain of the city, like the
  nucleus is the brain of a cell.

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Cell Membrane

• The cell membrane is like roads and high ways.
  The roads highways prevent travels in some
  areas. The cell membrane (roads highways)
  controls movement in and out the cell (city).

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Mitochondria

• The mitochondria is like a power plant because
  the mitochondria produces energy for the animal
  using protein and other nutrients. The power
  plant uses chemicals, like solar energy. The
  mitochondria produces energy using proteins and
  other nutrients.

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

• The ER (Endoplasmic reticulum) is like a farm
  because it produces proteins (food) for the
  animal using the food it eats. The packs of
  protein are called ribosome. Ribosome are held in
  the ER. The farm holds crops (protein) for
  feeding the whole town. The farm and the ER are
  the same (basically).

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Golgi Body
The Golgi body is like a granary. A granary is
where you store food. The Golgi body stores the
ribosome that the Endoplasmic Reticulum stores.
The granary (Golgi body) stores the food
(ribosome) produced by the farm (Endoplasmic
Reticulum). Fact The Golgi body is shaped kind
of like the Endoplasmic Reticulum.

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Vacuole

• The vacuole is like a landfill. The vacuole
  holds waste that the cell has used up. The
  vacuole is a big blob in the cell. The landfill
  holds waste (trash) just like the vacuole. The
  landfill is really big and it has lots and lots
  of waste, just like the vacuole.

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Questions
Instructions Write on a piece of paper and give
it to me. I will grade it and give it to you
tomorrow.

• 1.How is the Endoplasmic Reticulum like the farm?
• 2.What is a mitochondria? (definition needed)
• 3.What is a ribosome?
• 4. What are SOME ribosome inside of?
• 5. What does the granary do like the Golgi body?
• 6. What only releases protein?
• 7. What is the mayors job?
• 8. What controls movement in the ANIMAL cell?
• 9. What happens in the cytoplasm?
• 10. How is the cell membrane like roads?

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Credits Producer Akhil Kota Thanks to The
Harcourt Science Book, Mrs. Stevens, and my 2nd
grade teacher, the one who taught me about
cells.