Assignment: Cell Analogy Exploration Build your four-column chart below. Cell Organelle Organelle Function/Characteristics What is the organelle compared to? What task/characteristic is the focus for comparison? Write your analogy story below.

Suppose the cell is a factory. It's organelles can be compared to a factory's different functional units. The attached document contains the appropriate analogies.

Explanation:

The nucleus controls and regulates all cellular functions. It harbors the genetic material that contains instructions for all life processes. The plasma membrane is a semi-permeable membrane that controls the transport of substances into and out of the cell.The cytoplasm provide shape and structure to the cell, holds all the organelles and contains all nutrients and biomolecules for cellular functions.The endoplasmic reticulum synthesizes proteins and conducts cellular transport. The rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) is the site for protein synthesis.Ribosomes are the organelles that actually produce proteins.Golgi apparatus packages substances and prepares transport vesicles for intra or extracellular transport.Lysosomes contain hydrolytic enzymes that degrade waste products of the cell. They are actively involved in degradation of old, worn out organelles.Mitochondria, the power house of the cell, produce energy for cellular processes through cellular respiration.The cytoskeleton consists of filamentous structures that support the cell and its organelles and maintain the cell's structure.