Comparing a Cell to a Local Factory
Information
Factory: Twin City Foods, Inc.
 Local factory that processes fresh vegetables into frozen foods.
 Four plants in the nation: 3 in Washington and 1 in Michigan
 Products include:
o Green Peas
o Sweet Corn
o Carrots
o Green Beans
o Baby Lima Beans
 Fresh vegetables are harvested from local fields and trucked to factory.
 Factory office determines when shipments will arrive and how to process the vegetables
for sale.
 Processing includes:
o Cleaning & Cutting Vegetables
o Preparing Vegetables to be Frozen
o Packaging Vegetables
o Storage until products can be shipped to vendors
 Machinery must be cleaned and maintained while factory is processing vegetables.
Procedure
1. Use model of generic factory below to help design a cell “factory”.
2. Label organelles within your cell factory and explain how they relate to the processes
that occur within a factory like Twin City Foods.
3. Refer to Chapter 7 in text (pg. 174-181) for a refresher on organelles within the cell.
Layout of Generic Factory
Production Floor
Processing
Machinery
Packaging
Product
Storage
Raw
Materials
Storage
Office
Conveyor Belts
Processing
Machinery
Cleaning &
Maintenance