Cell Analogy Worksheet
Name ______________________________________
Group Names ___________________________________
Date _________________________
Class Period _________
Unit ______
The Cell is like a _________________________________
(Examples: City, school, football team, house, factory, library, grocery store, mall,
farm…your group picks but make sure you can make a link for all the organelles
listed)
For each cell organelle
1. Write the function of the organelle (what does it do in the cell?)
Example: The nucleus is the control center of a cell
2. What “person/item” is the organelle like in your analogy?
Example: The nucleus is like the Mayor in the City
3. What is the LINK? (why are they similar?)
Example: The Mayor and the nucleus both act as control centers
You will use at least nine (9) of the following organelles in you cell analogy.
On the back of this sheet, draw a picture that helps explain your analogy (use color and
descriptions).
Cell Analogy Worksheet
1. Nucleus
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
2. Plasma membrane
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
3. Chloroplast
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
4. Cytoplasm
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
5. Endoplasmic reticulum
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
6. Mitochondria
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
7. Golgi apparatus
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
Name ______________________________________
Cell Analogy Worksheet
8. Ribosome
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
9. Vacuole
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
10. Nucleolus
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
11. Lysosomes
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
12. Cell Wall
Function:
Analogy:
Link:
Name ______________________________________