Question:
Cell analogies!! Please Help!?
2007-10-27 22:20:10 UTC
Hi, I've got a cell analogies project due in a few days, and I
have a few of the analogies done already. I am, however, stumped on a few parts of the cell that I need to get done. So far I have:
Plasma membrane=a night club doorman
Nucleus= a wedding planner
Chromosomes= a tape recorder
Golgi apparatus= bakery in a supermarket
Lysosome= landfill
ribosome=a new car order
vacuole= a gas tank in a car
endoplasmic reticulem= conveyor belt in factory
cilia= oars on a rowboat

that's all I have on my own at the moment. Are those okay so far?

I do need help with analogies for:
cytoskeleton, mitochondrion, nucleolus, and the centrioles.
As you can probably tell from my above analogies, my teacher requires these to be creative and different so the basic "cell city" thing won't work. If possible, please explain the relationship between the two items!

Thanks so much!
Three answers:
Luke G
2007-10-27 22:42:24 UTC
cytoskeleton = Airport security check-point (protecting the cell)



mitochondria = The Keebler Elves (making ingredients edible)



centrioles = The divorce court (initiating cellular division)
Valdis K
2007-10-28 06:01:27 UTC
Just remember - a bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver....
Bob R.
2007-10-28 05:38:04 UTC
don't your analogies have to be related?



cytoskeleton: framework of a house

mitochondrion: uh, batteries?


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