Vacuoles are prominent in plants and fungi. Vacuoles store food and nutrients that a cell needs. They also contain water that helps support the plant. The abundant food trucks are like the vacuoles of NYC. They are small and compact but contain all the nutrients and water that one would need in order to survive.
Ribosomes are organic particles that carry out photosynthesis. They can be found attached to the walls or the Rough ER or 'floating' in the cytoplasm. Ribosomes act as protein builders or synthesizers. They connect amino acids together one at a time in order to construct long chains. Ribosomes are similar to construction workers. Construction workers are responsible for building skyscrapers one level at a time, eventually creating a towering structure of connected levels.
The function of the Golgi Apparatus is to process, package, and secrete modified cell products. It also plays a part in transporting lipids around the body. The Golgi Apparatus is like a NYC post office because the post office processes packages sent in and sends them to where they need to go.
Mitochondria is a cell that carries out cellular respiration. The Mitochondria takes in nutrients and then breaks them down into energy rich molecules that the cell can use. This is like a restaurant in NYC because a restaurant brings in raw ingredients and then turns it into meals that can be used to fuel people.
The Smooth ER acts as a storage organelle that manufactures and stores lipids and proteins. The Smooth ER also has a detoxification function. The Smooth ER is like the program New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project that was founded in 2003. This program was devoted to treating rescue workers for toxins inhaled from the smoke during the 9/11 attacks.
Ribosomes stud the Rough ER and are responsible for the assembly of many proteins. They are called "rough" because unlike the Smooth ER, their surface is bumpy due to the ribosomes. The Rough ER of a cell is like the sidewalks of NYC because they are studded with gum.
The cell membrane is what protects a cell from its surroundings, or things that could possibly harm it. The New York Police Department, also referred to as the NYPD, protects the people of New York from dangers that could come into the city. Their job is to keep people who can cause violence out of the crowded streets of NYC. Sometimes barriers are used by the police to monitor the people that come into an area.
The cell wall is a tough membrane that surrounds the plant cell. It provides the cell with most of its structure and bonds with other cell walls to create a plant. A cell wall is similar to the cities skyscrapers. The skyscrapers provide the iconic structure of the city, the skyline.
Chloroplasts are what makes the process of photosynthesis possible. They produce sugar just like Dylan's Candy Bar located on 3rd avenue.
The Nucleus can be compared to the cities news station because both contain information that is passed around. The nucleus contains genetic information and is passed from cell to cell, whereas the news station contains information on current events which can be passed from person to person.
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