Cell analogy project: An animal cell is like a restaurant.

Mitochondria

Cytoplasm

The mitochondria is like the power plant that supplys electricity to the restaurant because mitochondria eventually creates energy rich molecules for the cell (powerhouse of the cell), in the same way the power plants generate much the energy for the restaurant to run.

The cytoplasm is like the floor space of a restaurant because it is the fluid that fills the cell the same way that the floor space of a restaurant "fills" and is what covers the restaurant.

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Plasma Membrane

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is like the delivery bike of a restaurant because ER transports materials of the cell to other parts, in the same way a delivery bike of a restaurant transports its food to its customers.

The plasma membrane is like restaurant security because because it regulates the passage of molecules in and out of the cytoplasm the same way restaurant security regulates who can come into the restaurant, and the external flow of the restaurant.

Golgi Apparatus

Golgi Apparatus is like the packers who pack up food in a restaurant because Golgi apparatus pack more complex molecules in vesicles, in the same way packers within a restaurant gather up foods and store them together to be used for later or out of the restaurant.

Cell analogy project: An animal cell is like a restaurant.

Centriole

The centriole is like the inner walls within a restaurant, the centriole divides the cell while the inner walls within a restaurant divide the restuarant.

Ribosomes

By: Wyatt Hill

[Molecular] Biology (H) Butler

Ribosomes are like the cooks of the restaurants because ribosomes are the protein synthesizers of the cell, in the same way the cooks make all the food for the restaurant.

Nucleus

The nucleus is like the restaurant manager of a restaurant because the nucleus controls and organizes the activities of the entire cell in the same way the restaurant manager controls and organizes everything that happens within the restaurant.

Peroxisome

Peroxisomes are like the grills within a restaurant because they break down fatty acids, in the same way grills cook the fat out of food.

Lysosome

Flagella (Plural of Flagellum)

Lysosomes are like the compost of a restaurant because lysosomes digest things (for example: digesting food or breaking down the cell when it dies), in the same way the compost of a restaurant breaks down food.

Flagella is like the hosts of the restaurant because they aid the cell in movement, in the same way the hosts of a restaurant help everything in the restaurant move.

Cytoskeleton

The cytoskeleton is like the building of the restaurant itself because the building gives shape and structure to the restaurant in the same way the cytoskeleton gives structure to the cell while supporting it.

Microtubule

The microtubule within the cell is like both the beams that hold up the roof of the restaurant and the spaces between the tables which serve as the walking patterns for waiters. This is because microtubules help define cell structure and movement within an animal cell the same way that the beams provide support to the restaurant, and the spaces between the tables have to do with movement within a restaurant.

Intermediate Filament

The intermediate filaments are like the bricks in restaurant wall because they are a large majority of the structural support of a cell, in the same way the bricks in the restuarants walls are imperative to the strucural support of a restaurant.

Microfilament

The Microfilaments are like the cement in the walls of the restaurant because they're the small but rigid part of the wall (structure), in the same way the cement within the walls of the restaurant is inflexible and is only a small part of the wall.