Cell City Analogy
In a far away city called Grant City, the main export and production product is the steel widget. Everyone in the town has something to do with steel widget making and the entire town is designed to build and export widgets. The town hall has the instructions for widget making, widgets come in all shapes and sizes and any citizen of Grant can get the instructions and begin making their own widgets. Widgets are generally produced in small shops around the city, these small shops can be built by the carpenter's union (whose headquarters are in town hall).
After the widget is constructed, they are placed on special carts which can deliver the widget anywhere in the city. In order for a widget to be exported, the carts take the widget to the postal office, where the widgets are packaged and labeled for export. Sometimes widgets don't turn out right, and the "rejects" are sent to the scrap yard where they are broken down for parts or destroyed altogether. The town powers the widget shops and carts from a hydraulic dam that is in the city. The entire city is enclosed by a large wooden fence, only the postal trucks (and citizens with proper passports) are allowed outside the city.
Match the parts of the city (underlined) with the parts of the cell.
1.Mitochondria=
2. Ribosomes=
3. Nucleus=
4. Endoplasmic Reticulum =
5. Golgi Apparatus=
6. Protein=
7. Cell Membrane=
8. Lysosomes=
9.Nucleus=

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Answer:

mitochondria  - hydraulic dam

Mitochondria os the powerhouse of the cell and hydraulic provides energy to the city.

ribosomes  - small shops

Ribosomes are the place where protein synthesis takes place and small shops produce widgets.

nucleus  - town hall  

The nucleus is town hall as it is the center of the cell and town hall is the center of the city

endoplasmic reticulum  - special carts

These are allowed to take the widgets anywhere in the city as ER is allowed to send the proteins to the cell for modification

Golgi apparatus  - postal office

Golgi apparatus makes modification and packages the protein and sends out of cell the same as the postal office sends widgets to out of the city.

protein -  widget

Proteins are the same as widgets, proteins are made in the ribosome, and widgets are made in city small shops

cell membrane -  fence

The cell membrane is the outer membrane of the cell that protects the cell as a fence protects the city from outer invasions.

lysosomes  -  scrap yard

Lysosomes destroy the dead or faulty components of the cell as scarp yard dumps the unwanted things.

nucleolus  - carpenter's union

The nucleolus is a carpenter union as ribosomes or small shops are build in the nucleolus and carpenter's union respectively.

The parts of the city can be matched to the cell structures based on the functions they perform as follows:

1. Mitochondria -> Hydraulic dam

2. Ribosomes -> Small Shops

3. Nucleus -> Town Hall

4. Endoplasmic Reticulum -> Special Carts

5. Golgi Apparatus -> Postal Office

6. Protein -> Widgets

7. Cell Membrane -> Fence

8. Lysosomes -> Scrap yards

9. Nucleolus -> Carpenter's Union

Cell structures perform various functions in a typical cell (see attachment for diagram of a cell and it's various components). The functions cell organelles or structures perform can be compared with the analogy given as follows:

1. Mitochondria -> Hydraulic dam:

Mitochondria is known as the powerhouse of a cell because that's where energy is generated. This is likened to the hydraulic dam which also is the source of energy for the city.

2. Ribosomes -> Small Shops:

Protein synthesis occurs in the ribosomes of a cell. This is similar to the function of the small shops which produce widgets.

3. Nucleus -> Town Hall:

Nucleus of a cell is the center of activities of a cell. This is similar to the town hall in the cell city analogy.

4. Endoplasmic Reticulum -> Special Carts:

Just like the special carts that transports widgets in the cell city analogy, so also the endoplasmic reticulum is specialized in protein packaging and modification.

5. Golgi Apparatus -> Postal Office:

In a cell, the Golgi apparatus functions in packaging and posting proteins just like the post office packages and sends widgets to their destinations.

6. Protein -> Widgets:

Proteins are just like the widgets being processed in the cell city just like proteins are processed in a cell.

7. Cell Membrane -> Fence:

Cell membrane gives protection to a typical cell just like the fence in the cell city serves as protection against intruders.

8. Lysosomes -> Scrap yards:

Scrap yards in the cell city analogy is where faulty widgets are sent to and broken down, which is similar to lysosomes do in the cell.

9. Nucleolus -> Carpenter's Union:

Ribosomes are built in the nucleolus, while in the same vein, small shops are built in the carpenter's union.

Therefore, the parts of the city can be matched to the cell structures based on the functions they perform as follows:

1. Mitochondria -> Hydraulic dam

2. Ribosomes -> Small Shops

3. Nucleus -> Town Hall

4. Endoplasmic Reticulum -> Special Carts

5. Golgi Apparatus -> Postal Office

6. Protein -> Widgets

7. Cell Membrane -> Fence

8. Lysosomes -> Scrap yards

9. Nucleolus -> Carpenter's Union

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