Gabriella Mudd

Ms. Williams

Honors Biology

January 2017

Eukaryopolis

Organelle Cell City Analogy Why?

The Cell Membrane would be
the City Border because it serves
1. Cell Membrane Borders as the cellular boundary, as the
Borders serve as boundaries for
the town.
The Nucleus would be City Hall
because it acts as the control
2. Nucleus City Hall center for the cell, as City Hall
is the control center of the town.
The Rough Endoplasmic
Reticulum would be the Roads
because the ribosomes are
3. Rough Endoplasmic attached to it, and its main
Roads function is to send the proteins
Reticulum to the Golgi Apparatus and act
as a transportation system, as
Roads aid in the transportation
of items within a town.
4. Smooth Endoplasmic
Reticulum
The Golgi Apparatus would be
the Post Office because its main
function is to modify, sort, and
5. Golgi Apparatus Post Office package proteins and lipids, as a
Post Office sorts, and packages
mail for the town.
The Vesicle would be a Delivery
Truck because its main function
is to store and move materials to
6. Vesicle Delivery Truck and from parts of the cell, as a
Delivery Truck delivers items to
different areas of a town.
 Organelle Cell City Analogy Why?
The Mitochondria would be the
Solar Panels because it breaks
7. Mitochondria Solar Panels down sugar into energy, as Solar
Panels break down sunlight into
energy for the town to burn.
The Lysosome would be the
Waste Management/Recycling
Center because its main
Waste Management/ function is to digest food
8. Lysosome particles and wastes and destroy
Recycling Center damaged organelles, as a Waste
Management center disposes of
the towns used and unwanted
items.
The Vacuole would be the Silo
and/or Water Tower because its
main function is to store water,
9. Vacuole Silo & Water Tower salts, proteins, and
carbohydrates, as a Water Tower
stores the towns water, and a
Silo stores its food.
The Nucleolus would be the
Factory because its main
function is serving as the place
that ribosomes are made, which
10. Nucleolus (Hardware) Factory then make proteins, as the Tool
Factory is where tools, and other
items used for reparation are
formed.
The Ribosomes would be the
Factory Workers because their
main function is to make
11. Ribosomes Factory Workers proteins, the fixers of the cell,
as Factory Workers make tools,
and other items to aid and
repair.
The Proteins would be the
Hardware Store because their
main function is to maintain
and repair broken organelles of
the cell, as well as aid in the
12. Protein Hardware Store structure, as the Hardware Store
sells tools to repair buildings
and homes, and lumber and
bricks to create a sturdy
foundation.
 Organelle Cell City Analogy Why?
The Cytoplasm would be the
Sidewalks, Roads, and Parks of
the town because its main
Sidewalks, Roads & function is to hold the
13. Cytoplasm
Parks organelles of the cell together,
as the Sidewalks, Roads, and
Parks hold the town together
and keep it connected.
The Cytoskeleton would be the
Police because its main function
is to keep the cell supported and
14. Cytoskeleton Law Enforcement (Police) from collapsing, as the Police
protect the town from
destruction.