A Cell is like a Factory

Task 1
• Glue the cell/factory chart into your journal

How can a cell be like a factory???
• In a factory, you have many different tasks being completed in the same building.
– Ex. The building supports/shelters the workers, workers build goods, maintenance crews clean up messes, shipping department gets goods ready to leave the factory and so on….
• A cell can be thought of as a "factory," with different departments each performing specialized tasks.

The Cell wall is like a…..
• a security Gate
– A security gate protects the factory and helps keep it safe.
– A cell wall does the same thing for a plant cell!

The cell membrane is like…
• Front doors
– The doors of a factory regulates what enters and leaves the building
– A cell membrane does the same thing for plant and animal cells!

The Nucleus is like…..
• THE BIG BOSS!! (CEO) The boss controls all of the activity inside the cell
• The nucleus does the same thing for plant and animal cells

Cytoplasm is like……….
• The factory floor. The floor of the factory has all the workers, machines, equipment on it
• Cytoplasm holds all of the organelles (cell parts) in the plant and animal cells

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is like…….
• An assembly line….(where the workers do their work) Items move along a conveyer belt to different parts of the plant
• ER moves items to different parts of the cell in the same way!

Ribosomes are like….
• Workers on the assembly line…they are responsible for building the goods in a factory
• Ribosomes assemble (build) proteins

Vacuoles are like…..
• Break rooms- In a break room you have storage for food items and places to get rid of trash
• Vacuoles hold wastes and stores water in plant and animal cells.
– Which cell has 1 large vacuole?

Lysosomes are like…..
• Maintenance/janitor crews……in a factory these guys break down, clean up, and repair items in and around the factory
• Lysosmes do the same thing in the cell

Mitochondria and Chloroplasts are like…..
• Power Stations……the power station supplies energy to the factory
• Mitochondria (animal cells) and
Chloroplasts (plant cells) do this for a cell!

Your assignment
• On the hand-out….choose ONE (plant or animal cell) to draw, label, color.
• Make sure each of the organelles listed are pictured and labeled in your drawing.
• Make each organelle be drawn as the part of the factory it represents
• MUST BE COLORED to be considered complete

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