By: Kenny Osborne
Analogy: City
vacuoles
Definition
Stores water in cell
EX: water tower, fish tank, pool,
Nucleus
Definition
Brain of the cell.
Ex: mayor, governor, president,
king, queen,
Golgi bodies
Definition
Sorts & packages molecules
EX: fed-Ex, UPS
Rough Endoplasmic
reticulum
Definition
Moves protein molecules
EX: freeway
Smooth
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Definition
makes lipids (fat)
EX: candy factory
Ribosomes
Definition
makes protein
EX: fish market, stake house
lysosomes
Definition
Gets rid of the waste
EX: waste management
Cell membrane
Definition
Protects cell; controls what goes in
and out of it
EX: FBI, Police, Border Patrol
mitochondria/
chloroplasts
Definition
Converts food into energy
EX: energy bar
centriols
Definition
Gets cell ready for reproduction
EX: sperm bank
cytoplasm
Definition
A jelly like substance that holds
everything in place
EX: glue